davepl
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Weird Tempest/6100 monitor issue - FAT instead of BRIGHT
I've got one Tempest chassis (WG6100) that you can either have very dim or very blurry. But:
- Instead of getting BRIGHTER, more intense draws just get FATTER. You can see this on the self-test screen
- Happens with any tube and any HV cage, problem seems to follow the chassis
As a result, if you turn up the brightness (both Focus and Brightness seem to do something very similar, which is also different than normal), things just get fat and blurry.
Anyone ever run into that before? If I go to the self-test screen where you can see the 5-6 lines of each color in Tempest, you can see they just get progressively wider as you go from left to right.
I've tried a spare HV Cage (no difference) and a spare tube (some difference but not a lot), so it seems to follow the chassis. But I just had that chassis rebuilt, so it'd be odd to just throw all new caps and transistors in it without understanding what/why!
Cheers,
Dave
I've got one Tempest chassis (WG6100) that you can either have very dim or very blurry. But:
- Instead of getting BRIGHTER, more intense draws just get FATTER. You can see this on the self-test screen
- Happens with any tube and any HV cage, problem seems to follow the chassis
As a result, if you turn up the brightness (both Focus and Brightness seem to do something very similar, which is also different than normal), things just get fat and blurry.
Anyone ever run into that before? If I go to the self-test screen where you can see the 5-6 lines of each color in Tempest, you can see they just get progressively wider as you go from left to right.
I've tried a spare HV Cage (no difference) and a spare tube (some difference but not a lot), so it seems to follow the chassis. But I just had that chassis rebuilt, so it'd be odd to just throw all new caps and transistors in it without understanding what/why!
Cheers,
Dave
