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GDM2040 / ELSA [20" monitors]
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supplies the following faults for GDM2040 / ELSA.
List of fault symptoms:
- Vertical convergence has shifted.
- EHT comes up for a second, then dies.
- Specifications.
- Blurry picture. in the centre.
- CENT lights and both right LEDs flash.
- Dead. Front panel LEDs flash.
- Trembles horizontally.
- After changing IC801, high voltage for 2 secs then the power- and saving LEDs flash. Geom LED is on.
- No functions.
- Does not switch on, power LED flashing.
- Switches off by itself. after start-up. (GDM2040 ELSA repair tip)
- Both LEDs flash.
- Keys do not function (except power).
- Picture shifted horizontally. on the right.
- Switches on and off again immediately. Error message and size LED light up.
- Builds up high voltage for a short time and then goes into error mode. Centre LED is still lit and power LED and power save LED flash.
- Slight flickering at the bottom side edges. Hardly visible.
- High voltage builds up at the moment of switch on. Error message: PowerSave Cent.
- Bright picture. Flyback lines.
- Strong line tearing on the whole screen. Vertical lines are zigzag.
- Starts up for a short time, high voltage builds up. After 5 mins appliance switches to standby. Mains voltages fall to approx 1/3 of their normal value.
- No synchronisation.
- No picture. Power and Power-Saving LED flash. CENT-LED lights up.
- Green and yellow LEDs flash. Geometry LED lights up permanently.
- Switches off and yellow LED flashes.
- In shut down mode but centering and power saving LEDs lit.
- After switch on high voltage is built up for a short time. H stage build up and mains chopper transformer hisses.
- Adjustments for the picture geometry are lost after changing the mode.
- Picture grows dim after some time then finally disappears.
- Terminals.
- Protection mode activated. after start-up.
- Switches off immediately. Power Save and Centre LED light up.
- Line output stage is defective.
- Supply voltage for the line end stage is not switched through via Q804.
- Picture shrinks, popping, dies and also smells. (ELSA - GDM2040 information)
- Picture is slightly blurred at the edge and picture position is wrong.
- Dark picture.
- No picture due to loss of CRT heater voltage. (GDM2040 tips)
- Vertical smearing in middle third of screen.
- High voltage builds up for a short time. Error message Cent LED on. Power-Save and Power-On flicker.
- Screen is dark, green power LED on, otherwise no error message.
- Goes into Geo fault.
- White screen. Flyback lines. (GDM2040 ELSA repair tip)
- Switches to protection mode.
- Line collapse, dim vertical bar (5mm wide, 1/3 of way from left). Visible on white raster at 640x480 and 1024x768.
- Horizontal shift, centering control does not function properly.
- Q511 is defective. Appliance does not yet function. High voltage builds up then goes down again. Goes into power save mode. Green LED goes out. Orange LED lights up.
- No horizontal deflection. Error mesage: Power Save Cent.
- No raster.
- Switches off. GEO LED lights up.
- Bright picture with flyback lines. No picture content.
- No horizontal deflection. No operating voltage. Error message: PowerSave Cent.
- Poor picture.
- No HV and LEDs flashing.
- Starts up for a short time then switches at once into power save mode.
- No HV, GEO-LED is constantly on. H-drive pulse from the N-board only for 0.5 sec., then it disappears.
- No HV. after a while.
- Switches off. Mains LED flashes green, Power-save LED and Cent-LED flash orange.
- Goes on for a short time then goes into power save.
- Squealing noise.
- Q512 (SC3998) and Q511 are S/C.
- Power supply voltage are too low (55V instead of 144V). Power and Saving LEDs flash and geometry LED is on. LOPT ok.
- Power Save and Centre LEDs light up.
- No vertical synchronisation. (service info for ELSA -GDM2040)
- Deflection fault, error message: Power Save Cent.
- Starts up and shutsdown. Power and power save LED's flashing.
- High voltage builds up for a short time and then switches off.
- At the moment of switch on high voltage build sup then appliance switches off.
- Switches off immediately. Power LED, power saving LED and geometry LED flashing.
- Cloud of smoke from the line output stage.
- High voltage builds shortly up, then error report. Geometry LED and Power save + on LED flash.
- Centre LED on. Powersafe LEDs flash. High voltage is built up for a short time.
- Power- and saving-LED flash. Geometry LED is on. LOPT is not defective. No voltage at line end stage.
- No picture. High voltage and power save light on.
- Q511 blown again after replacement.
- Repeatedly blows IC404.
- Gives off smoke.
- Short peeping at switch on. Finally Power and Save flash- Geo LED lights continuously.
- No dynamic focus. Fuzzy horizontal lines in centre of screen.
- High voltage builds up to 27100V auf. After 5 secs switches to power save. No LEDs light up.
- No HV.
- Vertical lines are sometimes duplicated.
- Vertical roll.
- No horizontal synchronisation after switched-on for 30 minutes.
- Shutsdown. Flashing orange light.
- Blurry picture. on the left (at bottom).
- Power-Save LED is on.
- Picture is completely blurred on the right, if focus control is turned, picture can be sharpened on the right then however the middle is blurred.
- LEDs flash.
- Shuts down.
- No start-up.
- Keine H-Ablenkung, Betriebsspannung fehlt. Fehlermeldung: PowerSave Cent.
- Error message: PowerSave Cent. At switch on high voltage builds up. (GDM2040 tips)
- No HV. Geometry light, power/saver lights flash.
- Error codes.
- Switches off by itself. after a few seconds. (GDM2040 tip from ELSA)
- Goes into Power Save. Geometry LED is on.
- Picture shifted to the left.
- No vertical deflection.
- IC801 (CMOS4049) fails when there are high voltage flashovers.
- Picture is unstable when switching from TXT to Graphics mode and when going from a low to high resolution graphics mode or in reverse.
- Error message: both LEDs flash on the right. CENT lights up permanently.
- Excessive brightness. Flyback lines.
- Shuts down (after a few seconds). (service info for ELSA -GDM2040)
- PSU whistles and does not oscillate.
- Appliance goes into power save mode.
- Picture absent, high voltage missing, geometry light on, power save and power light flash. (ELSA - GDM2040 information)
- Switches off after the slightest shake (at almost every site). Only by switching on again is the picture sporadically present again.
- Switches on, HT builds up briefly, then it switches to power-save. LED is on. No picture.
- Discharge of the tube. (GDM2040 tips)
- No adjustment of horizontal, pincushion and keystone balance. Defective horizontal, centering and dynamic focus.
- Power and power LEDs flash and geometry LED permanently on when mains cable inserted.
- Dead.
- Goes into standby, centre LED is on.
- Geometry error message.
- Power save and Standby flash. Geometry light permanently.
- Screen is dark, high voltage for a short time and finally appliance jumps into power save mode.
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Last updated: 06. Oct 2008 22:42:33 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP
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