Re: Tempest monitor severe jaggies R901 hot

> Anyway, I came in a couple of week ago and the HV was gone
> again. I finally pulled the monitor yesterday and found
> that R901 was open. Replaced it, got HV back but now every
> vector is severely jagged and R901 is running hot (it
> started to smell shortly after powering up, another 30
> seconds and it would have burnt open).

>From Gregg's XY Bible:
http://www.gamearchive.com/video/manufacturer/atari/vector/monitors/wg_color/gwoodcock_xyhelp.txt

If just R901 smokes, check:
   Q906 (inserted wrong)
   Q900 (missing spacer or black lead open)

> A while back I posted that my HV cage ticks. I was hoping
> the work I did before would fix that but it still ticks and
> I was wondering if this could be related.

Sounds like your HV is arcing somewhere. You'll need to pull the cover off
the HV unit and power it up in a dark room and look for blueish/purple
sparks to see where the arcing is occuring.

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