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Today we have an IBM 5154 EGA monitor that is crying for help. We shall do our good deed of the day and get it running again.
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[@TeslaTales59]

Wow, have not seen one of those in a long while. Heavy and well built.

[@materialsguy2002]

RE: Electrolytic Capacitors. If I find one or more dodgy caps in a unit, I replace all of them. This saves having to go back into the unit in a few months or a year to replace the next failed one. 😊 For higher voltage electrolytics, I always test for leakage at the rated voltage as well. Thanks for the video!

[@jamesdecross1035]

Just picked up of these myself, for not very much money at all. Looking forward to checking it over and then powering it on. I've been promised it worked… a long, long time ago!

[@Anangelspath]

Keep rockin old man

[@t1d100]

Congratulations on a great repair. Thank you for using and sharing the details of your personal safety equipment/probe. I was aware of high voltage probes, but not those having the special tip. Very good to know.

[@Anangelspath]

Tickin time bobs

[@coyote_den]

I'm honestly shocked it actually had a cracked PCB.
The way it's built you'd expect it would simply leave a crater in whatever it hit.

[@materialsguy2002]

Just thought of this now of course: If you need to show a fine crack on camera, get set up and ready to film, and then
squirt some IPA over the area. The crack will jump out at you for a short time.

[@naytch2003]

Greetings 😄

[@Anangelspath]

Good advice I’ll stop using screwdrivers

[@senilyDeluxe]

The customer has written a detailed and extensive list of what's wrong with it.
The List:
"It's broke!"
Wait, wrong channel!
Those "bulging" plastic caps on those main filter caps are there so you don't get shocked if you touch the otherwise exposed metal can. Even though there's no direct connection between the can and the terminals, there can still be a path through the electrolytic and I've felt the tingle touching the top of a still charged power cap that didn't have a plastic cap on. This little attention to detail seems to have fallen out of fashion. And I'm pretty sure they came like that from the factory. EVERY capacitor is a ticking time bomb. Modern ones are often worse than old ones (unless of course you use quality caps).
If you're looking for a really good EGA HiRes game, try Blockout.

[@SoddingaboutSi]

EGA Extended Graphics Array?

[@christophS2468]

I would have cleaned that screen before anything else. Just in case.

[@artifactelectronics]

I like to live dangerously.

[@Runco990]

Ebay has become the playground of the rich! Or so the sellers keep hoping. It's killing the hobby, that's for sure.

[@felixcat4346]

I can do without the I could do without the safety lecture