SE screen flicker.

#1 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 - 17:17

My SE started doing the screen-flicker thing. Looks like the image is a little squashed too. Too much space on the bottom.

I'm at work on my lunch so I figured I'd post the video I had on my phone. Looks like it's time to dig out ye olde Dead Mac Scrolls and have a look.

SE Flicker Video

I had to post the link to the video instead of the embedded video code since flash tags don't seem to work here. Can flash be enabled here? Is that a user preference or a site thing?

Anyway, do you think it's time for a recap?

#2 Fri, 1 Feb 2013 - 02:38

I'd try to slap the machine first to see if it's a bad solder joint problem. If not, look for any dried solder joints by eye and resolder it if you find any.

If everything is well, do a recap of the analog board. The caps on the SE motherboard are probably just fine, I'd be more worried about the analog board ones.

#3 Fri, 1 Feb 2013 - 03:03

Yeah, definitely sounds like an analog board issue. I checked the scrolls. The only thing I can see that's close is this:

Maybe a mild case?

#4 Mon, 4 Feb 2013 - 06:56

I doubt it's related to the vertical deflection IC, just try what I say instead. Common problems with the vertical/horizontal deflection IC includes cut-off parts of the image.