* Rod Gasson writes to Rowan_Crowe, on Tuesday November 26 1996
   at 12:09:

 RC>> Recently while working in a school I spotted a lone Amiga
 RC>> monitor,

 RG> I'm gunna take a punt and assume you are talking about the 1084
 RG> monitor (I don't know if a 1081 exists)

Nope, it's definitely a 1081, I just checked. Is the 1084 PAL or NTSC?

 RC>> was a lot clearer. Until ... about 10 minutes in, the picture
 RC>> just faded away slowly. I checked all connections (and other
 RC>> channels),

 RG> A common fault with the 1084's

Ah, that's a relief then.

 RC>> (Note, prior to unscrewing the back, I had pulled the plug from
 RC>> the wall with the monitor power switch still on, and left it to
 RC>> sit for about 10 mins ... I was also very careful not to touch
 RC>> any of the

 RG> Thats a good idea....  leave it just long enough for the tube to build
 RG> up a nice healthy charge yto zap you with ;-)

What would you suggest?

 RC>> Anyway, it's been working for 3 days straight now. I was somewhat
 RC>> surprised and very pleased that simply resoldering those dry
 RC>> joints had fixed it. Fluke, or what?

 RG> Probably a fluke...   the most common cause of no picture on these
 RG> monitors IS caused be dry joints, but not on the board connected to
 RG> the tube..  it is generally the dry joints on the Horizontal output
 RG> transformer.

And where is this located? Looking in from behind, on the right of the main board?

Cheers.

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