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First post, by AndalusianRG

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Something strange is happening to my CRT screen😅
I wanted to use it again after being unused for a long time, but the image is shaking all the time.
I've tried using different cables, connecting it to different power sources, but it doesn't seem to work. Maybe there's nothing I can do about it.
Here is a video I recorded:
https://youtube.com/shorts/xZzx8kCvZq4?feature=share
Thank you for any response or tip!

Reply 1 of 4, by rasz_pl

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shit movie, your hand is shaking more than the picture, didnt capture whole screen due to bad phone orientation, and you made it a short so cant even rewind 😒

from what I can (hardly due to above) tell its not shaking, vertical oscillator failing to lock? https://www.repairfaq.org/sam/monfaq.htm#monversq
It looks like late CRT with digital controls, how about revealing the big secret of its make and model? 😀
you can start diagnosing by turning brightness way down, checking other resolutions/video modes, going into monitor setup and changing picture height to minimum and maximum, gently whacking it

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Reply 2 of 4, by pentiumspeed

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Bouncing vertically image means the vertical sweep circuit is starting to break especially solder joints breaking and capacitors.

Cheers,

Great Northern aka Canada.

Reply 3 of 4, by AndalusianRG

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rasz_pl wrote on 2022-04-11, 18:30:
shit movie, your hand is shaking more than the picture, didnt capture whole screen due to bad phone orientation, and you made it […]
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shit movie, your hand is shaking more than the picture, didnt capture whole screen due to bad phone orientation, and you made it a short so cant even rewind 😒

from what I can (hardly due to above) tell its not shaking, vertical oscillator failing to lock? https://www.repairfaq.org/sam/monfaq.htm#monversq
It looks like late CRT with digital controls, how about revealing the big secret of its make and model? 😀
you can start diagnosing by turning brightness way down, checking other resolutions/video modes, going into monitor setup and changing picture height to minimum and maximum, gently whacking it

Sorry for my hand shaking and the shortness 😅 I'll try that, thank you!

Reply 4 of 4, by AndalusianRG

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pentiumspeed wrote on 2022-04-11, 19:26:

Bouncing vertically image means the vertical sweep circuit is starting to break especially solder joints breaking and capacitors.

Cheers,

Yeah, it could be that too.
Thank you!