Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsc!stuart From: stuart@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple Color Monitor Summary: broken tube $400 Hate 90-day warranty Keywords: Static, Problem? Message-ID: <2369@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 11 Aug 89 13:46:48 GMT References: <829@amc-vlsi.UUCP> <1066@adobe.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: The Sage Hovel, Wheaton, IL Lines: 44 In article <1066@adobe.UUCP>, gelphman@adobe.COM (David Gelphman) writes: [actually, he responds: ] > I had this problem with the first Apple Color monitor I got which was > in Nov. 1987 (the first crop). After a while it started making LOUD POPPING > NOISES (with sparks) and scared the hell out of me. I took it in for service, > they 'fixed' it. I took it home and it started doing it again. I complained > again and they replaced the monitor. I haven't had any difficulty > since. > Better safe than sorry. > > David Gelphman > Adobe Systems Incorporated I had this problem with my Apple color monitor as well - LOUD popping noises that would sometimes affect the image on the screen. I tried to examine it from a safe distance, and it seemed to be from the tube itself. People here on the net suggested that it might just be a short, but it did turn out to be a broken tube. $400! Ouch! There went all my software purchases! In any case, you shouldn't fool around with such noises in a HIGH-voltage item like a monitor. The first poster mentioned applecare, so it's already paid for! Even if you don't have applecare, get it checked out, and save yourself trouble later. (Both Mac-wise and maybe health-wise) Maybe the Sony tubes aren't so great. But mine was one of the first batch too. I HATE Apple's 90-day warranty. If I had burned it in 8-hours a day, 5 days a week for the 90-day period, they would have had to pay for this. But I was extremely busy by the time the color monitors finally arrived. A One-Year warranty would have covered that. Ooops. Flame off..... Stuart -- Stuart Ericson AT&T Bell Laboratories | Note: area code 312 USEnet: att!ihlpa!stuart IH 1C215 | becomes 708 on ARPA: stuart@ihlpa.att.com 2000 N. Naperville Road | 11/1 Thanks to Voice: (312) 979-4491 Naperville, Il 60566-7033 | Illinois Bell :-(