First post, by red_avatar
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Yesterday I went to pick up a "perfectly working" ViewSonic E771 CRT. ViewSonic made really good CRTs so I was willing to drive two hours to get it for cheap.
However, when I plugged it in, it was obvious something was really wrong: the image was set to minimum horizontal wideness and still didn't fit the screen. The sides were also distorted and the center was too wide than it should be.
I opened it up, cleaned it up, tugged on all wires a little to make sure nothing was lose, plugged it in, set all values to "normal" and ... it worked fine ... for 15 minutes. When I ran off and came back, it was way too wide again.
The rest of the screen is in excellent condition - the inside was remarkably clean, the image was perfectly sharp and vibrant - basically NOTHING was wrong with it.
I suspect maybe one or more caps went bad but I can't see any bulging. Does anyone have any idea if this is worth fixing?
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