Re: Tempest BIP stuff

Check the tiny chiclet-style capacitors at the rightmost edge of
the analog section of the board. It's common to find one of
these broken, which can create the symptoms you're describing.

On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 02:03 PM, Andy Welburn wrote:

> hi all..
>
> i got a tempest here that went screwey this morning, i wondered
> if there was
> a quick fix or somethign that someone could point me straight to..
>
> basically, the prob is definately on the board, and the problem
> appears to
> be in the Y section, the screen is jumping around tearing
> itself up, as if
> someone was spinning the BIP pot, this appears to vary in intensity
> depending on what is on screen, but only affects left/right
> movement (in the
> vertical tempest monitor ;) so its in the Y (i think :)
> The BIP pot still affects the screen in a fluid movement, its
> nto a dirty
> pot (which was my first impression)
>
> i've not done much on colour vectors, but i hope its a post-DAC
> problem..
>
> can anyone throw me a bone here?
>
> Andy
>
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