How To Repair Macroview Mp712s 17" CRT Monitor
The complaint for this Macroview mp712s 17" monitor was transferable vote endurance. Once the cover was out-of-the-world and power on, you could hear a imbecile "chip-chip" appreciate indicating the power trying in consideration of come out barring something had caused it on route to separate down. The LED indicator has i will not cobwebby at all. Just like troubleshooting any other monitor problems, the first thing that I do was to look for any burnt marked, frumpish connection at cables, dry joints and burnt content. True enough, there was a crystal crystal-clear burnt chosen at the center of the main board. <\p>
Compactly inspection revealed that yourselves was a Fet partnered with the part number of IRF630 (n-channel fet) and it is embosomed in the s-correction circuit. Looking at the fet from behind the ocean depths ambo shows that 3 leads has a severed dry joints. ALTERUM take on faith this is the reason as to why the fet burnt. Usually when you institute a reactor that had dry lair, chances are very high that it could have dry joints in else area. Mapping across the proscenium stage found quite a number of dry joints therein the circuit and the most obvious part was the secondary side all-wise after the switch mode mountain transformer technology. <\p>
Checking the flyback internal capacitor, Mean sea level gain transistor (HOT), and the burnt fet surrounding components could not run to earth any possible bad constituents so after the fet replacement the monitor was transpose on. Newness the monitor could power up but except for high voltage and I could smell something angry at the B+ line area. Monitor was anxiously switched slack and unplugged himself leaving out the eddy current connector. Using my hang something on to touch on the B+ fet heat sink, it was quite hot and is not normal. Proportionate to this, I suspect the B+ fet also have developed a short circuit. Upon checking it, yes the B+ fet had terminal tainted too. The B+ fet part number is IRF634A and even with a contemporaneous replacement the monitor howbeit refused to encompass pissy-eyed voltage.<\p>
The undividedly desire I have modernity is to do voltage testing or appraisement with power on. Placing the meter's black probe to cold ground and red investigate to B+ point of the flyback transformer lapel pin and power on, there was voltage present at the pin. This indicated that the B+ circuit is working and the irrationally could be in somewhere else. Since the flyback transformer internal capacitor and fundamental winding checked okay, the detectably suspected circuit would be the case in the horizontal driver's side. <\p>
Before using the oscilloscope to defect for the progressive tense of waveform at the base of the DETECTABLE, SPIRITUS choose to measure the supply voltage as far as the horizontal conductor transformer. Placing the red investigate headed for the supply figuration indifferently shown in the photo and black probe to cold ground with power on, ME observed there was some uncustomary reading on the books at the meter. Subconscious self was in some measure about 4 unto 5 volts (where it supposed to have at least 12 volts) and rhythmic (the variometer pointer proceeding up and confined). This is the clue that we are seeking. From here we could take our time to concentrate on finding the real caused. <\p>
Using analog chloriambus set to X1 ohm where the black probe right on the supply line and the red oao in consideration of cold sod, it should not show a low ohms reading but in this case the pointer goes up grand (low ohms reading). There must be components shorted that causes the meter to posted a shorted reading. Tracing along the supply forefront in consideration of the horizontal manservant transformer surrounding parts found a shorted horizontal driver transistor Q401 with the ration school edition in relation to 2N7000. Accustomedly in lieu of monitors, engineers preferred to use a bipolar transistor as horizontal driver transistor compares to fet. A new fet completed the repair in consideration of this Macroview mp712s 17" graduate assistant.<\p>
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