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TM4215PNLD / TARGA [17" monitors]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for TM4215PNLD / TARGA.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Stuck in sleep mode. Amber light lit on power supply.
  • Requires 2 attempts at start up until high voltage and drive remains stable. Horizontal output stage and control were defective. (TM4215PNLD tips)
  • Q109 ist defective.
  • No picture.
  • No function. PSU voltages are present.
  • Power up is slow.
  • Occasionally horizontal deflection fails. Knock sensitive.
  • Failure of the power supply.
  • Picture is white with flyback lines.
  • Vertical collapse.
  • High voltage cuts out (x-ray).
  • Q109 blown again after replacement.
  • Resistor burned connected to J187 and J188 and pin 4 of FBT. (TM4215PNLD TARGA repair tip)
  • Dynamic focus fair.
  • Screen is narrow in windows.
  • Brightness and picture definition change sporadically after replacing line transformer.
  • Shuts down.
  • PSU fails.
  • R177 and R181 are burnt.
  • Red is intermittent.
  • Picture is too high.
  • Horizontal hold regulation adjustment.
  • Relay clicks, no start up of unit.
  • Line end stage transistor fails after approx. 1hr operating time.
  • Dead.
  • On both sides horizontal foldover. Vertical streak.
  • Picture is 5cm too narrow. Can be adjusted horizontally in position and width.
  • Picture is shifted to the left (picture width adjustment is ok).
  • LED is yellow. No high voltage fired intermittently.
  • Vertical reduces to 50% after appliance has warmed up.
  • Vertical flyback lines.
  • Slightly out of focus.
  • Dead. Relay clicks.
  • Dynamic convergence regulation.
  • Intermittent colours. Unstable brightness and screen controls.
  • Mode does not work when changing from Windows to DOS.
  • No horizontal synchronisation.
  • Excessive horizontal size.
  • No vertical synchronisation.
  • No picture, only black screen although power comes on.
  • Vertical line.
  • Specifications.
  • Dead. Chirps.
  • No function when changing to DOS from windows.
  • Narrow screen.
  • Switches off after building up the high voltage.
  • Reconfirmation of H-phase regulation.
  • Banging noises from monitor. Fuse and perhaps fuse for external 220V circuit fail immediately.
  • Intermittent high voltage. LED is yellow. (TARGA - TM4215PNLD information)
  • No high voltage. Power LED on.
  • Main power supply does not work, only green LED. (TM4215PNLD tip from TARGA)
  • Main PSU dead, LED okay. (TM4215PNLD tip from TARGA)
  • Popping and smoke.
  • High voltage comes for a short time then switches off.
  • Picture gets smaller sporadically; mainly in cold conditions.
  • Picture width is too large, no adjustment possible, picture is also too large, if the E/W coil is O/C.
  • No functions.
  • Picture too narrow with wavy lines.
  • Focus adjustment.
  • Picture is compressed on the right.
  • Colours are intermittent. Unstable screen and bright controls.
  • Regulation of H centre, H phase, H size, V position, V size and V linearity.
  • High voltage flashovers in the picture tube base (focus connection).
  • Horizontal shift is loose (picture jitter to and fro). 12V voltage pumps slightly.
  • Regulation of hi-voltage.
  • HV switches off.
  • No function, line output stage is defective.
  • Regulation of horizontal frequency under free run.
  • Line blows again after 1-2hrs.
  • LOPT is defective.
  • Intermittently raster goes wide at top and narrow at bottom
  • Reconfirmation of H-size regulation.
  • Brightness control is weak or is absent.
  • High voltage pumps for a short time and switches off.
  • Q109 S/C. No Fb+. No pulse at P3.
  • Regulation of white balance.
  • Regulation of geometric distortion.
  • No picture. "Out of range" on display.
  • E/W stage is defective.
  • Completely dark picture. White pixels are black.
  • Vertical lines tear easily, especially with low resolutions.
  • CG regulation.
  • Picture slow to appear.
  • Insufficient width in Windows.
  • Dead. Clicking.
  • Picture distortion in the top part, if appliance is operated for a longer time in high resolution.
  • Horizontal linearity fault. (service info for TARGA -TM4215PNLD)
  • Focus regulation.
  • No high voltage although power LED is lit.
  • Frequency to voltage regulation.
  • E/W adjustment range is too low.
  • Vertical jitter. (TM4215PNLD TARGA repair tip)
  • Poor colour.
  • No start-up.
  • Single horizontal line.
  • High voltage increases then falls, picture absent, 68-73Vdc on horizontal output stage.
  • Power supply problem.
  • Main PSU pumps, green LED is on.
  • Colour fades in Windows.
  • Pincushion and distortion.
  • Horizontal deflection fails when switching over to 640x480.
  • No HV.
  • No function, no +12V operating voltage. (service info for TARGA -TM4215PNLD)
  • High voltage for a short time at switch, then no drive. (service info for TARGA -TM4215PNLD)
  • Linearity fault in VGA. (TM4215PNLD tip from TARGA)
  • Transistor 2SC4747 in the line output stage fails repeatedly after operating for a few days. (TARGA - TM4215PNLD information)
  • No horizontal brightness. Vertical line half inch wide.
  • No high voltage, only PSU ok.
  • High voltage is absent, power LED on.
  • Picture width is too large. E/W is distorted.
  • Relay making a clicking noise. No start up.
  • No colour.
  • Output stage transistor Q109 (2SC4747) in high voltage section is defective.
  • Only high voltage at switch on then no drive.
  • Intermittent loss of one or more colour.
  • Flyback lines on the screen.
  • Horizontal output transistor (2SC4747) runs hot.
  • No R, G, B colour video.
  • One colour missing.
  • Flashing display.
  • Fine adjustment of the geometric distortion.
  • No raster.
  • Horizontal output transistor burns regularly.
  • Regulation of white balance and brightness.
  • Statistic convergence regulation.
  • After some time picture turns green.
  • Horizontal pulses.
  • Pincushion distortion. (TARGA - TM4215PNLD information)
  • Horizontal foldover on both sides. Vertical streak.
  • Picture is narrow. (service info for TARGA -TM4215PNLD)
  • Longitudinal controller coil is burnt, line stage TR is S/C.
  • High voltage fails if appliance is warm. only with a higher resolution.
  • Picture gets blurred with increasing brightness. Focus control and screen control influence each other i.e. if set to sharp, picture gets darker.
  • Position of R117.
  • Narrow screen in Windows in low resolution. (TM4215PNLD tips)
  • Powers on. High voltage absent. Chirping noise.
  • Picture width is insufficient.
  • Bad E/W. (TARGA - TM4215PNLD information)
  • Occasionally colours fail.
  • Picture fails horizontally, forms again then fails again.
  • Q301 blown.
  • Sparks from the CRT base.
  • Monitor remains in sleep mode. Amber light on power supply.
  • 2cm wide line 10cm from the left edge of the picture with 640x480 resolution.
  • Defective line transformer - secondary fault. (TM4215PNLD tip from TARGA)
  • Bright picture.
  • Power switches on and off. Picture breathing when on.
  • R177 burned repeatedly.
  • Picture linearity is too narrow on both sides but ok in the middle.
  • Intermittently no green.
  • Vertical lines distorted in the top 1-2CM.
  • Horizontal pulses at sides.
  • No brightness control.
  • No picture. No horizontal deflection.
  • Flashovers in the picture tube socket.
  • No picture, whistling.
  • Shutdown of the high voltage (X-ray).
  • Slow power up.
  • Picture shifted completely to the left and adjustment does not react.
  • Picture is much too bright and brightness cannot be controlled.

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