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BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL LOOKING INSIDE A LIVE MONITOR. ALWAYS KEEP ONE HAND BEHIND YOUR BACK TO AVOID BEING ELECTROCUTED ACROSS YOUR HEART. NEVER TURN ON THE MONITOR WHILST STANDING OVER THE MONITOR IN CASE A COMPONENT EXPLODES IN YOUR FACE. NEVER INSERT METAL TOOLS INSIDE A LIVE MONITOR AS YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. USE AN EARTH LEAKAGE TRIP TO AUTOMATICALLY CUT THE MAINS SUPPLY. The smell could be ozone generated by arcing of the EHT (high voltage) supply to the CRT (cathode ray tube). Arcing can be caused by a) a breakdown of the insulation b) too high EHT voltage (unlikely because this would make the scanned screen smaller than desired) c) dust and other containments that reduce the resistance to ground for the electric field from the EHT supply Arcs usually generate blue light and some sizzling sound. The loss of vertical sync after 30 minutes suggests a temperature dependent fault. Usual causes are: a) a solder dry joint - resolder to fix b) cracked PCB track c) faulty capacitor d) faulty IC (integrated chip) Temperature dependent faults can be located by using a cold spray. The fault goes away when the spray cools down the faulty component and the fault comes back when the component warms up again.

After trying many "normal" USB mice which failed, I found this novelty mice in one of my boxes... ..the novelty car mouse seems to work. I assume the mouse is using PS/2 protocol over the USB connector. This looks like the mouse... http://www.amazon.co.uk/NGC-Street-Mouse-Red/dp/B000R3UEWE/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1383246514&sr=8-35&keywords=novelty+car+mouse Amazon says the model is NG1001R and the bottom of my mouse says the model is NG-1001. Hopefully they are the same, I guess R means red colour.