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tl;dr should moving a 14inch sony pvm around just a little bit while its powered on be enough of a problem to blow out a display circuit or did i just have bad luck?
I just got a SONY PVM14 (manufactured in 2003) from a guy on craigslist, he was super chill, only paid $100 for it and it has RGB ports and everything.
He used to work in post production and actually had about half a dozen 14 inchers and a few 20 inchers in his apartment, just got them through connections and was selling some/keeping others for personal use.
Anyways, I tested the monitor at his place, he even included the BNC to RCA adapters in case I didn't have a direct scart connection/for my convenience and he had his Famicom running mario 2 plugged in and it looked great. Just what I wanted
So I secured the TV in my car and when I got home, I plugged it into my surge protector/power strip and after a few seconds of being turned on, I slid it to the side to plug in a game console and as I moved the monitor a spark flashed from inside and the display no longer turns on. I'm guessing a fuse was blown or I potentially knocked something out of place while moving it
I messaged the guy I bought it from and he also does repairs, he told me to just bring it back and he'd give me another one simple as that, so thats fine and all taken care of and ill have it done next weekend
What I want to know is, while the monitors are powered on, is moving them around known to cause problems? I've never had that sort of problem with any TV, I know they are different than a commercial type of TV but I figured they were built just as sturdy. Did I just have bad luck? Has anyone else had a similar problem, I just want to make sure I take proper care of the replacement the guy gives me, he was really nice about it and didn't even second question me so I'm just thankful I'm not losing my money or anything
Anyone with good advice please respond
Thanks
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>>3802629
My 14's a bit different from that one does yours not have a speaker? I remember giving my dad a brand new VGA monitor and him tipping it back onto the plug while it was on and frying it. I pretty much never move CRTs around while they're on. You probably broke the power jack off from the board it's an incredibly common way that electronics get damaged. It seems like more modern stuff allows some flex in their power jacks but old stuff really doesn't that's one point in favor of thinner, more flexible AC cables.
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>>3802649
Noted, I'm definitely gonna be careful with the replacement, the guy had done one or two mods to it (there were some switches on the back that could flip/reverse the picture, clearly for studio use) so maybe that could have play in why it shorted out
But yeah, I'm just gonna be super careful, and I know, I have some very basic knowledge of circuits and how to solder but I'm not even going to chance opening it, again, the guy was super chill and nice enough to just say yeah come switch it so I'm gonna take it while I can get it
>>3802658
its in the bottom left, the color blends in with the casing so its harder to notice
More good to know stuff, I was barely moving it but I guess I just didn't think much about it because it was so small, I would never move my normal sized CRT I have around, its typically stationary, I'll treat it as such from now on
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>>3802670
Weird. Mine's speaker grill has much bigger spaces and those black loops at the sides of the control panel to let you slide it into and out of rack mounts
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>>3802670
Good luck on the second one. If you accidentally break it, don't tell the seller, this guy sounds nice so try not to cause him too much unnecessary trouble.
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>>3802742
Yeah, I'm just going to wing it at that point, there's a couple local repair shops I looked up too if worse comes to worst, I'm really gonna take care of it, he was a chill dude, I'm also somewhat into post production (have a comms degree in journalism and media studies) so we had a nice chat for a bit, he had some cool arcade stick set ups in his place as well, one of his personal 14 inchers was layed on its side for vertical shooters too
>>3802689
Yeah, I think its been modded a bit or its just a variant
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>>3802798
Nice, I think you'll do fine holmes.
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