Help-Apple Monitor!
Bruce W. Brodman
About a week ago I went to turn it on and there was no power to the
monitor. The repair facility I took it to told me that an internal
cartridge fuse had blown and after replacement blew again. They indicated
that there was a problem with the high voltage circuit board; however,
there are no replacement parts available for this monitor. Since the
monitor could not be fixed, they indicated that Apple had a trade in
policy and quoted a price that was higher than the current street price of
a new monitor. Has anyone else had a similar experience with this monitor
and are there any recommendation/suggestions?
Thanks, Bruce
Gordon Davisson
Bruce W. Brodman <bbro...@grape.epix.net> wrote:
>I have an Apple 14 inch color plus monitor that is about 18 months old.
>About a week ago I went to turn it on and there was no power to the
>monitor. The repair facility I took it to told me that an internal
>cartridge fuse had blown and after replacement blew again.
This is a fairly common problem with the earlier 14" Color Plusses.
Apple just started a repair extension program that covers this problem,
meaning that your friendly neighborhood Apple Authorized Service
Provider can replace it for free, even if it's out of warranty. The
program runs from June of '95 through July of '96. Some AASP's seem not
to keep very up to date on repair extensions, so you may need to tell
then about the program/get them to look it up/etc.
--
Gordon Davisson davi...@stein.u.washington.edu
Westwind Computing (206) 522-3530
510 NE 65th Street, Seattle WA 98115
John B. Andrews
"Bruce W. Brodman" <bbro...@grape.epix.net> wrote:
> I have an Apple 14 inch color plus monitor that is about 18 months old.
> About a week ago I went to turn it on and there was no power to the
> monitor. The repair facility I took it to told me that an internal
> cartridge fuse had blown and after replacement blew again. They indicated
> that there was a problem with the high voltage circuit board; however,
> there are no replacement parts available for this monitor. Since the
> monitor could not be fixed, they indicated that Apple had a trade in
> policy and quoted a price that was higher than the current street price of
> a new monitor. Has anyone else had a similar experience with this monitor
> and are there any recommendation/suggestions?
At the Mac service shop I worked at until recently, we called these
monitors "disposables". However--you might give Advantex a call at
1-800-553-5703. We sent the color pluses that came into our shop to them
for repair. They do good work at reasonable prices. You can UPS to them.
Hope this helps.
John
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Jon Inazaki
(John B. Andrews) wrote:
> In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950702...@mango.epix.net>,
> "Bruce W. Brodman" <bbro...@grape.epix.net> wrote:
> > I have an Apple 14 inch color plus monitor that is about 18 months old.
> > About a week ago I went to turn it on and there was no power to the
> > monitor.
> At the Mac service shop I worked at until recently, we called these
> monitors "disposables". However--you might give Advantex a call at
> 1-800-553-5703. We sent the color pluses that came into our shop to them
> for repair. They do good work at reasonable prices. You can UPS to them.
Advantix in Redwood City (SF Bay Area) will fix the monitor for about $135
or so, i forget the actual price. The power supply is a notorious problem
with the color plus. That, in addition to the fact that the image is
really soft. I reiterate what i said in another post, the sony 1425 14"
monitor is a much better buy. 2 year warranty, about 50 bucks more, and a
trinitron screen