VERAULT
Veteran Member
So I was given a monitor IIc 9" a2m4090 CRT monitor that was dead. This is the better samsung variant (vs the hitachi) sams info here: https://ia803004.us.archive.org/22/...s_Apple_IIc/Sams_Computer_Facts_Apple_IIc.pdf
Anyway, it was dead. replaced a bad fuse, and all the eletrolytics, and both power leds.. which is weird. And the monitor works again. But the weird this is capacitor c514 which is 100uf keeps exploding! As in heat builds up so quickly it shoots off the metal jacket like a bullet. And the monitor keeps working after it explodes.. Amazingly.
So I'm a bit lost here. Why is it exploding, and why is the monitor still working? I DID NOT replace the non polarized caps but did inspect them for leakage.
Could use some help; exploding caps make me think back to the time I was almost blinded and lost vision in one eye for a couple weeks (because of exploding caps)
Anyway, it was dead. replaced a bad fuse, and all the eletrolytics, and both power leds.. which is weird. And the monitor works again. But the weird this is capacitor c514 which is 100uf keeps exploding! As in heat builds up so quickly it shoots off the metal jacket like a bullet. And the monitor keeps working after it explodes.. Amazingly.
So I'm a bit lost here. Why is it exploding, and why is the monitor still working? I DID NOT replace the non polarized caps but did inspect them for leakage.
Could use some help; exploding caps make me think back to the time I was almost blinded and lost vision in one eye for a couple weeks (because of exploding caps)