westal_sage
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Just picked up a Tempest and for the most part it looks pretty good. But I'd say 2 pretty obvious problems with the monitor are what I'd call top/bottom pincushion and convergence in the lower-right corner. Does that sound right?
Pincushion - from reading posts it sounds like this could be a bad A/B12 chip. Well, the manual calls for MC1495L chips for all 4 of those in the corner of the board (A/B12, A/B13, C12, C13). But looking at what I have, only C13 is a MC1495L, and the rest are SG1495N. Are those chips compatible? Should I maybe just get 4 new MC1495L chips and replace them all? Also, A/B12 has that cap on it - is that original?
Convergence - could this be fixed with adjustments to the yoke rings?
Thanks in advance! -Wes
Pincushion - from reading posts it sounds like this could be a bad A/B12 chip. Well, the manual calls for MC1495L chips for all 4 of those in the corner of the board (A/B12, A/B13, C12, C13). But looking at what I have, only C13 is a MC1495L, and the rest are SG1495N. Are those chips compatible? Should I maybe just get 4 new MC1495L chips and replace them all? Also, A/B12 has that cap on it - is that original?
Convergence - could this be fixed with adjustments to the yoke rings?
Thanks in advance! -Wes