Need to repair many IBM G74 Monitor, Model #6547-0AN

[ferkee]

I am part of an I.T. shop for a company that has many many many of thes
IBM G74 monitors. They are gradually starting to all have problems

1. Very dark - Brightness/Contrast controls are not effective an
are maxed out
2. Display wider than screen - Width adjustment has very littl
effect

We have so many, but I'd like to figure out what to look for and how t
repair them. I'm really starting to feel stupid and wasteful when w
are told to just "junk 'em" and get another. They're fantasti
monitors. I am sure the company (or at least the organization that
support) would be somewhat impressed if I could repair them with littl
trouble and expense.

The other rather embarrassing fact is that I have a EE degree! It wa
almost all book-smarts if you know what I mean and was not reall
electronics, per se. I have not been in the electronics nor th
engineering world since 1991! I have a FLUKE DMM (at home...don't hav
the model # with me) and I have soldering tools. I actually have acces
to an entire workforce of component people (our value add shop), but I'
like to eventually do this myself.

Can anybody help me here?


Thanks,
John

PS, I'm in the DFW area (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

 

[NSM]

I am part of an I.T. shop for a company that has many many many of these
IBM G74 monitors. They are gradually starting to all have problems

1. Very dark - Brightness/Contrast controls are not effective and
are maxed out

Some monitors have an extra adjustment on the circuit board.

2. Display wider than screen - Width adjustment has very little
effect

Indicates 'blooming' of the images. See

http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/F_tvfaq5.html

http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/F_tvfaq7.html

The other rather embarrassing fact is that I have a EE degree!

That'll cut you no slack in any repair shop.

 

[Ross Herbert]

See this thread
http://sci.tech-archive.net/Archive/sci.electronics.repair/2004-09/1693.html

Apparently there is a 3.3uF NP cap which goes high ESR and causes
width to "max out". Don't know about the brightness problem.

 

[James Sweet]

I am part of an I.T. shop for a company that has many many many of these
IBM G74 monitors. They are gradually starting to all have problems

1. Very dark - Brightness/Contrast controls are not effective and
are maxed out
2. Display wider than screen - Width adjustment has very little
effect

We have so many, but I'd like to figure out what to look for and how to
repair them. I'm really starting to feel stupid and wasteful when we
are told to just "junk 'em" and get another. They're fantastic
monitors. I am sure the company (or at least the organization that I
support) would be somewhat impressed if I could repair them with little
trouble and expense.

The other rather embarrassing fact is that I have a EE degree! It was
almost all book-smarts if you know what I mean and was not really
electronics, per se. I have not been in the electronics nor the
engineering world since 1991! I have a FLUKE DMM (at home...don't have
the model # with me) and I have soldering tools. I actually have access
to an entire workforce of component people (our value add shop), but I'd
like to eventually do this myself.

Can anybody help me here?


Thanks,
John

PS, I'm in the DFW area (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)

For the brightness problem, look at the heater in the neck of the tube, is
it glowing normally? If not then you might have a bad capacitor in the power
supply. If the heater is ok and HV is present, chances are the tube is shot.

For the width issue look for a bad capacitor somewhere around the horizontal
section.

Oh and do NOT under any circumstances try to adjust out either of the faults
unless you want to make the monitor not worth repairing.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

I am part of an I.T. shop for a company that has many many many of these
IBM G74 monitors. They are gradually starting to all have problems

1. Very dark - Brightness/Contrast controls are not effective and
are maxed out
2. Display wider than screen - Width adjustment has very little
effect

According to the Google Groups archives, the width problem is due to a
3.3uF non polarized 65V capacitor.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.electronics.repair/msg/3c5efd6875333540?dmode=source


- Franc Zabkar

 

[Tom MacIntyre]

I am part of an I.T. shop for a company that has many many many of these
IBM G74 monitors. They are gradually starting to all have problems

1. Very dark - Brightness/Contrast controls are not effective and
are maxed out

Do they have Samsung blue-label CRT's? If so, that's the problem.

Tom