Compaq screen problem

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From: Dan Keizer
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 04:38

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I have a compaq portable 286 in the office, and it has a problem with
the screen.  It only happens within the first 10-15 minutes of each boot.
If I boot dos, it stays in monochrome mode and has no probs, but when I
boot xenix, (it switches to cga mode) it "indents" text about 20 characters,
and has a big top-margin as well.  After a while, (that 10-15 mins) it
starts to show the same text in two places, one where it has indented it
and the other where it should be.  It takes about 5minutes for this to stop,
and when it does, the text is in the right place and everything is fine.

The question I have is:  Could it be some worn components? or is there an
easy fix for it?  Some way to track down the problem further?  It's just
annoying after a while to have to wait for it to fix itself.

BTW:  it also doesn't keep track of time anymore when it's off, where is 
the battery, and how easy is it to replace?
Thanks for any info ...
Dan Keizer
Western Software Solutions
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From: dan@blender.UUCP (Dan Keizer)
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Subject: Compaq screen problem
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