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Luke
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Posts: 23
Location: Poland
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:51 pm |
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My 5153 is screeching like a TV, it's impossible to play with it for longer than 2 hours.
It's normal thing? |
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Anonymous Coward
Joined: 20 Nov 2004
Posts: 589
Location: Shandong, China
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:00 pm |
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Nope, it's probably a bad power supply. You should have it serviced. |
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Luke
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Posts: 23
Location: Poland
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:41 pm |
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It was serviced in '87, but would anyone service that beast nowadays? |
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Anonymous Coward
Joined: 20 Nov 2004
Posts: 589
Location: Shandong, China
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:29 pm |
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Probably not, but I'd like my IBM 5175 serviced too. There are schematics and instructions to repair IBM 5153s on the internets. I think the screeching is a pretty common problem that can be cured by replacing some bad capacitors in the power supply. Though, I'm not much in the mood to get electrocuted. CRT shocks can be deadly. |
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Luke
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Posts: 23
Location: Poland
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:02 pm |
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My 5153 works pretty good, maybe glueing some coils will help if it's not damaged capacitor or other irrepairable electronic part? |
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Puckdropper
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Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Posts: 767
Location: Not in Chicago
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:56 pm |
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You may want to look for someone who does TV repair if you can't find monitor repair. They're close enough that a competent tech should be able to at least diagnose your monitor's problem. |
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Erik
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
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Location: LI, NY
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