Tempest Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 My old Apple IIe is having a video problem. The monitor either has no picture, or it's a bunch of broken jagged lines. If I wiggle the cable where it plugs into the computer for a few mintues I can get the picture to come up but if I bump it it disappears again. Given these symptoms I assumed it was something wrong with the video jack on the mother board, but it looks ok. I don't see any broken solder or anything like that. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Loose or broken sync wire on the monitor cable or connector is my guess Matt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Kat Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Are you using composite video? I know that with my //c is picky about what kind of RCA cables are used... the ones that usually came atatched to the Atari 2600 for RF will not work with it.. well you can get something if you move the plug around. Changing it to a normal Composite Video cable bought from a store got rid of the problem. I'm not really sure why though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nope I just replaced the cable with a real composite cable and it still doesn't work right. Like I said, I get a broken picture but if I wiggle and twist the plu long enough I can get it to come up normally but if I bump it again it's gone. It's gotta be something on the board. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 Fixed it! The problem was that the jack had gotten a little lose and the monitor needed some adjustment. Works perfectly now. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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