First post, by x86_guy
I recently bought a faulty Commodore 1084S-P1 monitor for restoration.
It was pretty nasty and rusty inside, looks like it had some "good" time in water. The main effected item was the mainboard.
So I cleaned the mainboard as much as I can, with alcohol, contact cleaner and brush.
As the trimmers were pretty much disintegrated, I replaced all of them with same values new ones.
I also replaced the rear user panel picture tuning potentiometers (2x10k, 1x220k), output DB9 connector, and couples of switches.
Also, couple of worn resistors replaced/fixed by soldering new contacts to (the bigger ceramic).
All the rusty metal cages and brackets went into acid and reconditioned.
I was able to fire it on and actually get it to display image while testing, but the flyback transformer went bye bye after couple of minutes (the monitor suddenly stopped displaying and high pitch sound went out of it).
So I replaced the flyback transformer, and tuned the 128V rail.
The screen now is now displaying a good and clear image connected to Amiga A500 via self-made RGB cable.
The issue is, the screen is folded a bit at the sides, and I can't get it fixed using the H-position/H-size controls. I can get only one of the sides without folding, but then the other side is folded. The folding looks like a bold vertical line and the very left/right side of the image (it may have another expression?).
Anyone have any idea what can cause this kind of issue?
Attached monitor photo with the issue shown on the right side of the display, main board top / bottom / rear view, and the schematic (downloaded from the net) of my self-made RGB cable.
Also, service manual with schematics can be found here:
https://gona.mactar.hu/Commodore/monitor/sche … igh_Quality.pdf