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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    The things is, it's really haphazard. Today again I've been able to use it for an entire hour, and it still keeps working just fine...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    I just can't catch a break with this. After working perfectly for whole three days - and I used it a few hours each day - today the...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    For a sanity check, today I've put back my preferred Panasonic capacitors back on the board. Then I've thoroughly cleaned the pins on...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    More things happened today. First, I've replaced the 2nd optoisolator, but as I suspected, the voltages remained the same, and in...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    I'm aware of this, but the 5600uF / 10V Panasonic capacitors I have are also new. They just happen to be similar in shape to the ones...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    Good news! After replacing the corroded optoisolator, the board is working again :) I'm back in the VGA club! Now, the voltages I...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    On my other CC, with the mystic board I was getting issues when the voltage dropped to around 4.6V, I think. However, the issue looked...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    I've been reading a bit how optoisolator works, and it does seem that a decaying dLED inside of it could cause a voltage regulation...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    I've made a potentially significant discovery on the nature of the problem. Once I removed the LC575 board, and placed the original CC...
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    Marconelly replied to the thread Color Classic VGA Woes.
    Thank you, I will look through that thread carefully. I was thinking of replacing the optocoupler and those diodes, even though nothing...
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    I spotted a "for repair" CC analog board on Ebay a few weeks ago. Seller said that the board was VGA modded and worked fine for a while...