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Article #23885Re: Screen Jitter on a Macintosh SE - a Fix? (long)
From: L. Maurice Riggins
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1988 04:29
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1988 04:29
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In article <8801122138.AA04420@decwrl.dec.com> long@viking.dec.com (Rich Long - LJ02 - DTN 226-2598) writes: >Hello everyone, > >This is my first USENET posting, so please forgive me if I do anything wrong! > >I'm having a problem with my Macintosh SE that I hope has a cure: It has had a >screen jitter almost since the day I bought it. > <deleted text> >Rich Long Rich, You're not alone. I bought one in June and had it back to the dealer by August. The screen was wavering in the upper left corner. He tried several things including replacing the crt. Bottom Line: Unplug the fan - the interference is gone! Of course, this was done with the case off... You couldn't leave it that way. His techs checked their Apple connection who confirmed the problem and said Apple was working on it (the checks in the mail). My dealer committed to provide the fix free if Apple does ever release one, free or not. The fan is a really poor design anyway...a noisy squirrel cage with closed ends, and the motor and wiring is close to the deflection coils of the crt. Yes, my problem is getting worse. I suspect it's because of dust collecting on the fan and slowing it down. Try this. Put your hand over the fan outlet blocking the flow. Does the interference increase? Maybe cleaning will help. NETWORLD - Anyone heard of a fix? Or as I've heard rumored is Apple only considering the SE a short term system not worth the recall (e.g. //c timing) of the tons of SE's they've sold. -- Maurice lriggins@afit-ab.ARPA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!ames!lll-tis!afit-ab!lriggins From: lriggins@afit-ab.arpa (L. Maurice Riggins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Screen Jitter on a Macintosh SE - a Fix? (long) Message-ID: <264@afit-ab.arpa> Date: 13 Jan 88 04:29:02 GMT References: <8801122138.AA04420@decwrl.dec.com> Reply-To: lriggins@afit-ab.arpa (L. Maurice Riggins) Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH Lines: 38 Keywords: SE Screen Jitter