travisbmartin
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I'm not a monitor guy, so I'm probably going to get a bunch of eye rolling from this.
I'm working on a WG 7500 in a dedicated Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. I capped it a few months back because we'd occasionally lose green. Then I went back into it and changed out the Color Drive transistors on the neckboard, which actually solved our color problem.
But I have a feeling I fried the Flyback though. I decided to fiddle with the screen control to help out on the brightness control and it caused me to lose video. I'd turn it off, and when I turn it back on after a while I get video back, but it's gone in about five minutes.
I see no visible cracks or 'goo' coming out of the flyback. But, I don't trust the screen control knob anymore. It can be moved around in the casing and looks like it's leaking around the edge.
I tested the HOT using the diode test on my meter, and it checks out. But I sort of have doubts about it being good still.
So, I'm basically asking for confirmation of if this sounds like a bad flyback. And if I should just go ahead and replace the HOT, does anyone know where to get one? Bob Roberts doesn't seem to have one listed, and Mouser.com doesn't have them either.
I'm working on a WG 7500 in a dedicated Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. I capped it a few months back because we'd occasionally lose green. Then I went back into it and changed out the Color Drive transistors on the neckboard, which actually solved our color problem.
But I have a feeling I fried the Flyback though. I decided to fiddle with the screen control to help out on the brightness control and it caused me to lose video. I'd turn it off, and when I turn it back on after a while I get video back, but it's gone in about five minutes.
I see no visible cracks or 'goo' coming out of the flyback. But, I don't trust the screen control knob anymore. It can be moved around in the casing and looks like it's leaking around the edge.
I tested the HOT using the diode test on my meter, and it checks out. But I sort of have doubts about it being good still.
So, I'm basically asking for confirmation of if this sounds like a bad flyback. And if I should just go ahead and replace the HOT, does anyone know where to get one? Bob Roberts doesn't seem to have one listed, and Mouser.com doesn't have them either.
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