a. High voltage shut down. b. Monitor will have ‘tic - tic’ sound. Sometimes capacitor may measure O.K. but break down when under full operating voltage. c. Horizontal output transistor will blow in a few hours or days after you have replaced it. d. Sometimes it will cause intermittent "no display". e. Distorted display i.e., display will go in and out. f. It will cause horizontal output transistor to become shorted and blow power section.

How to check if a primary winding is good or bad in a Flyback Transformer? a) By using a flyback/LOPT tester, this instrument identifies faults in primary winding by doing a ‘ring’ test. b) It can test winding even with only one shorted turned. c) This meter is handy and easy to use. d) Just simply connect probe to primary winding. e) The readout is a clear ‘bar graph’ display which show you if flyback transformer primary winding is good or shorted. f) The LOPT Tester also can be used to check CRT YOKE coil, B+ coil and switch mode power transformer winding.

NOTE: Measuring resistance winding of a flyback transformer, yoke coil, B+ coil and SMPS winding using a multimeter can MISLEAD a technician into believing that a shorted winding is good. This can waste his precious time and time is money.

How to diagnose if internal capacitor is open or shorted? By using a normal analog multimeter and a digital capacitance meter. A good capacitor have range from 1.5 nanofarad to 3 nanofarad.* 1) First set your multimeter to X10K range. 2) Place your probe to anode and cold ground. 3) You must remove anode cap in order to get a precise reading. 4) Cold ground means monitor chassis ground. 5) If needle of multimeter shows a low ohms reading, this mean internal capacitor is shorted. 6) If needle does not move at all, this doesn’t mean that capacitor is O.K. 7) You have to confirm this by using a digital capacitance meter which you can easily get one from local distributor. 8) If reading from digital capacitance meter shows 2.7nf, this mean capacitor is within range (O.K.). 9) And if reading showed 0.3nf, this mean capacitor is open. 10) You have three options if capacitor is open or shorted. - Install a new flyback transformer or - Send flyback transformer for refurbishing or - Send monitor back to customers after spending many hours and much effort on it.

* However certain monitors may have value of 4.5nf, 6nf and 7.2nf. Note: Sometimes internal capacitor pin is connected to circuits (feedback) instead of ground. Tv rca flyback transformer circuits usually do not have a internal capacitor in it. If you have a flyback diagram and circuits which you can get it from net, that would be an advantage to easily understand how to check them.

At end of each step, I will give you a Tech rating of 1-5 (1 being easy, 5 being you better know your stuff)

Instructions for a Windows XP Professional Installation

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1) You will need to know your hardware profile (i.e. I have an internal network interface card, Manufacturer – Broadcom / Model – 440Family) Your PC usually comes with a CD that has all hardware drivers for proper functionality. If it does not, or you simply can not find CD, go to your vendor’s website and download them all. Make sure you download all drivers and bios updates necessary for your particular PC. (4)

2) Back up any files that you do not want to lose. This is important because for a proper installation you will need to format your hard drive. Most techies never use upgrade feature supplied in Windows. There is an unwritten law that upgrade feature only covers up problems, not solve them. (1)

3) Boot PC to your Windows XP CD, format drive and install Windows. This could take some time depending on size of your hard drive and your processor speed. (4)

4) After XP sets up, check you systems device manager and install any drivers or bios upgrades needed. This is a simple step to perform, and a crucial one. Proper communication between your hardware and OS is critical to stability of your machine. (2)

5) Uninstall any unwanted or unneeded applications that came with you XP installation CD. May manufacturers load their Operating System distributions with a ridiculous amount of "Free" or "Trial" software. On top of this, some of these software packages can really decrease your system performance.(2)

6) Connect your machine to internet and download all Microsoft service packs and security updates that are needed. Service packs are usually very large so if you can obtain a CD do so. **Note** you will need to reboot and return to Microsoft’s website several times in order to complete all updates. (1)

7) Install a reputable Anti Virus. (i.e. McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro, etc.) **Immediately update after install**. These will all cost money, but will save your machine in long run. In my experience I have found only one free Anti-Virus package that works well. You can check it out at www.grisoft.com (1)

8) Install Microsoft’s Anti-Spyware or similar application. Again, updating immediately. (1)

9) Install each application separately updating them completely before installing next. You can often find and icon in tools menu with a Check for updates option. If not, check manufactures website. (1)

10) Defrag your machine and have a beer. (1)

11) Please note having a beer before step 1 will add one point to each tech rating. (1)

Conclusion

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Now you have a clean install on your machine and should be running at peak performance. You may want to tweak settings here and there to your personal satisfaction. But you should see a significant difference when you surf web, check your email, play music, etc…