Harry Freeman writes, <Well to be honest, without being able to touch and feel your monitor, from your description it sounds like the "fly-back" transformer had a failure. The "fly-back" is triggered by the horizontal drive circuit and it generates the high-voltage that lights up the screen. However when the "fly-back" goes, you usually will be able to smell it like something has burned.>
There was no smell at all. Good thing, too. The smell of something burning would've freaked me out trying to find out if my apartment was catching on fire. <Or since you once described that the display was real large (off the screen in all directions) then it is possible that the horizontal and vertical drive circuits had a problem. Since your monitor probably has an interrogated circuit chip that controls the vertical and horizontal drive its a good possibility that this chip bit the dust.> I think you're confusing me with the fellow who wrote in with the problem with colors and sizes. In my case, I had tried to wake my G3 up from sleep mode and when I touched a key, the screen stayed dark. When I checked to see if the connections between the computer and monitor were disconnected or loose, they weren't. Plus, the little green LED labeled "power" was noticeably less bright than I was accustomed to seeing it, and since then, it's been out completely. Yeah, I'm just letting it sit right where it is until I get the replacement, so I haven't unplugged or disconnected it yet. But in any event, I never saw any prior weird behavior in terms of how the colors and sizes looked. ~Yersinia. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
