Re: Sick Miggy

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From: Paul Hill
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:00

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John Redman wrote Sick Miggy:
>Help

>I was re-connecting my Microvitec monitor to my Miggy 1200 today whilst I
>was busy watching the telly.  I hadn't noticed that the monitor was switched
>on, the Miggy by the way was turned off but connected to the mains.  There
>was a flash and a bang and everything went dead.  I couldn't believe what I
>had done.  After changing a couple of fuses, a nervous check revealed a
>slightly sooty and damaged video socket on the Miggy, monitor OK(checked on
>my PC) but the onscreen display on the Miggy was basically very dark with
>yellow icons and a sort of yellow band to the right of each icon, and that
>was it.  What have I blown, and is it worth repairing baring in mind the
>price of a second hand machine?

If I were you I'd open up my Miggy and check for blown components near the
video port.  You've probably just killed a few capaciters or something.

-- 
Paul

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Date: 1999/04/13
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