Thanks for the reply. What do the verticle transistors look like?
This is a Sharp Image monitor. I happen to have a med res sharp image monitor that's working. Could I swap the verticle transistors if reflowing the solder doesn't help?
I put a pic of the chassis on my control panel here on KLOV. Sorry, I don't know how to post pics in threads...It's a Sharp Image.
I went ahead and reflowed the solder on every pin on the board. Took a while. Plugged it back in and the same problem exists but I can hear a sizzling sound when I turn the vertical adjustment pot. Does this mean a blown transistor somewhere?
I have actually cured some vertical problems by changing a cap. On some Sanyos it is a tiny tantalum cap that shorts to ground and causes that issue. I have also rebuilt several Sharp Images with vertical collapse by doing a cap kit on them and that fixed the issue. Granted, it wasn't a complete collapse but definitely squished to about 1/4th the screen. I would certainly start on the chassis with a cap kit and see where that takes you.