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Paul Hill <paul@lagernet.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.

If he's lucky... Though opening it up and a quick visual check is
certainly the place to start.

I made a similar (in this case the Amiga was on the monitor off)
mistake with my A1500 years ago, I can't remember exactly what it
damaged, I think it was the GFx chip, it may also have been one of
the CIA chips. Repair cost then (about 8 years ago) was somewhere
in the 50-100UKP region, IIRC 50 for the labour, the rest was
parts and shipping.

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