Philip Pemberton wrote:
Also, does anyone know where I might be able to get a
new power switch?
Apparently it's an ITT ME5A, Philips 12NC number 4822 276 11504 though I
can't confirm this (I don't have an AKF17 or CM8833mk2 service manual).
TBH if that were my bench-top display I'd be tempted to mount any old
switch in the front of the case and bypass the one at the rear. I don't
attach as much historical importance to displays as I do computers anyway,
and those 8833 displays were pretty common; I don't think I'd lose any
sleep over making one a bit more "user-friendly" :-)
I've ruled out the A3000 -- MonitorType is 0
(TV-rate monitor) and Sync
is 0 too (composite sync). If I switch to Separate Sync (MT0/SYNC1), my
LCD monitor (an NEC EA231WMi) will lock on and display video...
Have you tried driving the monitor with something else in case it's a
problem with the A3000?
Are you absolutely sure it's not a mechanical fault - broken cable,
broken/intermittent socket pin (CRT or computer side), damaged solder
joints around the socket inside the CRT etc.? It may be that the monitor's
default state results in it almost locking onto the picture, even when it's
not seeing any sync signal.
cheers
Jules