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#276123 - 15/02/2006 20:20 Screen gone funny
fbleagh journeyman Registered: 21/10/2001 Posts: 64	Hi Guys, I jumped into my car yesterday and noticed that the screen on my empeg is having issues. Bascially the screen looks like every 5th line is not lighting up. Any ideas as to what could be causing this ?
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#276124 - 15/02/2006 20:40 Re: Screen gone funny [Re: fbleagh]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	Ah. This could either be a bad fuse on the main board or perhaps a bad VFD. It depends on how it looks. Probably good to start with a fuse check first, and then move on to the display module. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#276125 - 15/02/2006 20:49 Re: Screen gone funny [Re: pgrzelak]
schofiel carpal tunnel Registered: 25/06/1999 Posts: 2993 Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK	A photograph of the screen with the filter removed would help a lot. _________________________ One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015
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#276126 - 16/02/2006 00:55 Re: Screen gone funny [Re: schofiel]
fbleagh journeyman Registered: 21/10/2001 Posts: 64	No worries, I'll post a photo when I get home.
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#276127 - 16/02/2006 08:25 Re: Screen gone funny [Re: fbleagh]
fbleagh journeyman Registered: 21/10/2001 Posts: 64	Wow what a horrible thing to try and photograph at night I hope you can see what I mean in this photo, look closely at the penguins belly, see the stripes ? Thats what I mean.
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#276128 - 16/02/2006 09:31 Re: Screen gone funny [Re: fbleagh]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	I would guess it is a fuse, based on the photo. It is not as bad as the garbled photo I linked to in the FAQ entry earlier in this thread, but it looks like it might be the case. Please take a look at that FAQ entry for testing or replacing the fuses. If you are not comfortable doing that yourself (I know I would not be), you probably want to contact someone for repairs. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#276129 - 20/02/2006 14:57 Re: Screen gone funny [Re: fbleagh]
schofiel carpal tunnel Registered: 25/06/1999 Posts: 2993 Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK	Display fuse, I think. _________________________ One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015
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