I think I killed my monitor HELP!!!!

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I was adjusting the v-size and h-size because my monitor was going crazy because I set it at a crazy resolution it couldn't support. Then it went POP! Now nothing!

Have I killed it?

It is a nanao 2931 I have an arcadevga card and just tried to set it to 320xsomething.

HELP!!!!
 
Well there is a possibility it blew a fuse. You need to check it with a multimeter in continuity mode. Make sure there isn't a short. If so you'll need a replacement, but be aware it blew for a reason so just don't assume that it won't do it again after you replace it.

The Nanao 2931 is supposed to be a tri-sync so it shouldn't have issues displaying standard, medium, or VGA. As long as it matches 15k, 24k, or 31k your video card shouldn't be killing it........................or maybe......

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Nanao_MS-2931

They say the protection circuits in some of these have issues and may lock you out of certain resolutions. There is a possibility the protection circuit failed when you attempted to change it and then make adjustments.

Right now you should probably replace the fuse, and before hooking it back up, make sure the ArcadeVGA settings is back to your default resolution standard/medium/VGA. There is a possibility the Nanao 2931 may not properly function while the ArcadeVGA settings are too low. Because Standard is the lowest used in a Horizontal setting at 456x356, so I'd have to say 320xSomething would have to be too low...............

I'm not an expert, so don't take my word for it.
 
Update. In case anyone is interested, which I doubt. BTW, thanks for the suggestions, RikiTS.

Sent chassis off to the best CRT repairman in the world, Joey at Jomac. He said some black goo had seeped under the HOT. Could have been waiting to die and I just expedited the process, who knows...

So he replaced that and another component. Let it run for 3 hours, boxed it up and sent it back. In a smaller box.

I hook it up, nothing. Sounds like it wants to power up and then it shuts down.

We're guessing something got jolted loose during transport but I can't see anything wrong.

I even tested the tube with another chassis and its good.

So $250 into it, I'm preparing to send it back to Australia. The F#king shipping costs more than the repairs.
 
Update. In case anyone is interested, which I doubt. BTW, thanks for the suggestions, RikiTS.

Sent chassis off to the best CRT repairman in the world, Joey at Jomac. He said some black goo had seeped under the HOT. Could have been waiting to die and I just expedited the process, who knows...

So he replaced that and another component. Let it run for 3 hours, boxed it up and sent it back. In a smaller box.

I hook it up, nothing. Sounds like it wants to power up and then it shuts down.

We're guessing something got jolted loose during transport but I can't see anything wrong.

I even tested the tube with another chassis and its good.

So $250 into it, I'm preparing to send it back to Australia. The F#king shipping costs more than the repairs.

That's how it is these days lol, shipping typically out weighs the cost or value of any object that is either larger than like 5 inches or weighs more than 10 lbs.

On that note, pretty sure the black goo that got on the HOT came from a faulty flyback.....that or something else. Did he replace the flyback? I figure something that big was the only thing capable of getting knocked out of place during shipping.

Anyways, good luck though!
 
Joey reports back today that the chassis is working fine. Just plugged it in and it worked. So what are we missing? I asked him before-hand if it was a US/Australia voltage thing and he said no.

Now he's wanting me to check the voltage on my working chassis...

I 'effing hate CRT's.
 
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