Radius Intellicolor Display/20e Microcontroller Problem?

"Jeff Walther" wrote: > My Radius IntelliColor Display/20e starts up green, but with a > strong > green that suggests having the brightness turned up way too > high. The > green is like a > overall very strong wash, pretty much unusable since it's so > intense. > During these periods, the focus is also out. After a period > of time it > reverts to normal and is a lovely sharp monitor. That period > of time > seems to be lengthening. > > Sometimes, after a while, the green seems to go away, but the > over-wash > and poor focus remains. Then still later the image goes back > to good. > > At a guess, the microcontroller that handles the settings is > having some > difficulty and the monitor is starting up with some settings > in their > unbiased state. Perhaps its (the microcontroller's) 5v (?) > supply has > gone wonky--possibly expiring electrolytic caps? Or maybe > the memory > element that stores the settings (Flash, EEPROM?) has reached > the end of > its life with too many cycles? > > Anyway, I'm handy with soldering tools from axial caps all the > way down to > 208 pin quad flat packs. What I'm not any good at is > diagnostics. > > I think that this monitor has an equivalent Sony model, but > I'm not > certain. It's definitely a trinitron. I can just make out > the two > horizontal lines at 1/3 intervals. > > I hope that someone is familiar with this problem and can > point me at the > likely culprit in terms of component(s) that need replacing. > > Thank you for any helpful or humorous suggestions, > > Jeff > > -- > A friend will help you move. A real friend will help you move > a body.

I too have a Radius IntelliColor Display/20e monitor with the exact same problem that you are/were experiencing. I read the suggested

yet. I was wondering if you had any luck yet?

Thanks!

"Jeff Walther" wrote: > My Radius IntelliColor Display/20e starts up green, but with a > strong > green that suggests having the brightness turned up way too > high. The > green is like a > overall very strong wash, pretty much unusable since it's so > intense. > During these periods, the focus is also out. After a period > of time it > reverts to normal and is a lovely sharp monitor. That period > of time > seems to be lengthening. > > Sometimes, after a while, the green seems to go away, but the > over-wash > and poor focus remains. Then still later the image goes back > to good. > > At a guess, the microcontroller that handles the settings is > having some > difficulty and the monitor is starting up with some settings > in their > unbiased state. Perhaps its (the microcontroller's) 5v (?) > supply has > gone wonky--possibly expiring electrolytic caps? Or maybe > the memory > element that stores the settings (Flash, EEPROM?) has reached > the end of > its life with too many cycles? > > Anyway, I'm handy with soldering tools from axial caps all the > way down to > 208 pin quad flat packs. What I'm not any good at is > diagnostics. > > I think that this monitor has an equivalent Sony model, but > I'm not > certain. It's definitely a trinitron. I can just make out > the two > horizontal lines at 1/3 intervals. > > I hope that someone is familiar with this problem and can > point me at the > likely culprit in terms of component(s) that need replacing. > > Thank you for any helpful or humorous suggestions, > > Jeff > > -- > A friend will help you move. A real friend will help you move > a body.

Dear friends!

I have the same problem exactly! I tryed Isaak?s advise - unfortunatelly it doesn?t work in my case. Did you anybody find some work-around?

I would very grateful for any suggestions (exsept - "buy a new one" :)

Ilya Colley, Moscow, Russia