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Terrance Richard Boyes wrote Re: Sick Miggy:
>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.

Well the reason I say it could be something simple is that he still gets a
picture.  Surely if he'd fried a chip then there would be no image at all?

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Paul