[Coco] CM-8 monitor

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Tue Aug 4 14:52:52 EDT 2015


There's always the strategy of opening it up and checking for capacitors
that appear swollen, no schematic required.  Electrolytic capacitors that
have died of old age is a very common cause of failure in old monitors.

Be aware when replacing these that some capacitors have a polarity,
contrary to what many of us learned in school.  (I forget why this is.)

Art

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Joel Ewy <jcewy at swbell.net> wrote:

> On 08/04/2015 01:14 PM, George Ramsower wrote:
>
>>  Is there someone that can repair a CM-8 monitor?
>>  I have two and they both died within about two months, on two different
>> cocos. Darnit!!
>>  So, now I'm stuck with a TV and it is horrible.
>>  I did get a converter for RGB/VGA board but I haven't had a chance to
>> play with it....yet.
>>
>>  However, I do need to get a CM-8 working so I can see what I'm doing.
>>
>> George R.
>>
>>
>> I've got a couple of them as well, and want to keep them working as long
> as possible.  Is there a schematic in the archives?
>
> JCE
>
>
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