Williams Raster Monitor Theory
Williams Raster Monitor Theory
November, 1982
General Hints
FOR TROUBLESHOOTING PURPOSES you should try to mentally localize a problem to one of these seven
sections. This procedure will save you time and promote an effective step-by-step troubleshooting
method.
IF A PROBLEM DOESN’T SEEM TO SUGGEST A PARTICULAR SECTION, try to decide what type of problem it is. The
diagram below contains an R or a V in each section. These initials will help to lead you to a section or
group of sections when you ask yourself a single question: Does the problem involve picture information or
video (V), or does it involve the illumination of the picture tube or raster (R)?
OF COURSE, A PROBLEM MAY AFFECT BOTH the video and the raster sections of the monitor. Notice the arrows
on the diagram. Only the EHV & LV Supply section* affects both video and raster. But it in turn is driven by
the Horizontal Sweep section. And the Horizontal Sweep section receives its power from the HV Supply
section*. If your monitor has a problem that affects both raster and video (a totally black screen, for
example) you will have to perform voltage and continuity checks on all three sections.
INCIDENTALLY THE MOST COMMON RASTER AND VIDEO PROBLEM is a shorted horizontal output transistor or
damper diode. The symptom is a black screen with no heater voltage on the CRT and an HV Supply
voltage that's ten to twenty volts above normal (since the power supply’s overcurrent protection circuit has
shut off, isolating the supply from the rest of the monitor).
ZIG-ZAG PICTURE
OR “PIECRUST” LOCKS OUT
PICTURE: OF PHASE
A BLANKING PROBLEM: HORIZONTAL AFC!** (V OR H)
CHECK SYNC
CHIP. ALSO: BLANKING
AMP (SEE VIDEO
AMPLIFIER SECTION). NO V-SYNC
CHECK CAPACITOR IN
SERIES WITH WIDTH
COIL (SEE HORIZONTAL
SWEEP SECTION).
H SYNC
MISSING
OR CRITICAL TRY SYNC AMP!
TO CRT
CATHODES
HUM BAR
IN PICTURE:
CHECK FILTER
CAPS ALL
THROUGH
MONITOR.**
*L=Blanking (luminance)
**These will be electrolytics of 20 or more MF. Most likely the culprit is in the HV section. Could also be hiding out
around the LV tap of the flyback (supplies power to video amps).
A
THE VERTICAL SWEEP SECTION
VERTICAL
YOKE
About
V-SWEEP 50 Ohms
(FROM SYNC
SECTION)
HORIZONTAL “SQUASHED’
LINE ONLY PICTURE—
OR PICTURE
COLLAPSES
*On some monitors an SCR circuit protects against excessive EHV and X-ray hazards. The SCR shuts down the
horizontal oscillator when a hazard exists, producing a black screen. WARNING: DO NOT defeat X-ray protection
circuitry.
THE CATHODE RAY TUBE
The Cathode Ray Picture Tube