So I finally got around to working on the 6100 in my Star Wars again. According to the seller it was a gift to him back in 98 and it had sat non-working since at least then. Surprisingly it did work once I fixed the ARII board and replaced the big blue to get the +5 healthy. It didn't last too long unfortunately before the monitor died, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise. Anyway, I ended up installing an LV2000 lite and a Zanen kit. After finding and replacing another xsistor not included with the kit (Q603) the monitor is back to life. The only issue is I can't get my B+ up to 181 which also means my HV should be low (I don't have a HV probe for my Fluke 12B unfortunately) . It only adjusted up to about 165 max so I backed the pot down to where it was, which is currently giving me about 145. I tried replacing xsistors Q901-Q903 with no change. I do have a replacement pot I can try if anyone thinks that sounds like a worthwile shot. I've been doing these readings with the video signal going to the monitor and I've read you should adjust the B+ without any video input. So would not having video hooked up make that big a difference in setting the B+? If not, should I just shotgun the adjustment pot (being careful with how it's set between 5k and 6k to start)? Thanks all.
Edit: Just for clarification, the picture isn't doing anything really wonky. I just thought I would dial the B+ in when I found it wouldn't. Would there be any harm in running the monitor like this this while trying to figure out the issue (assuming measuring it with the video hooked up isn't the whole issue)?
Edit: Just for clarification, the picture isn't doing anything really wonky. I just thought I would dial the B+ in when I found it wouldn't. Would there be any harm in running the monitor like this this while trying to figure out the issue (assuming measuring it with the video hooked up isn't the whole issue)?
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