I had the same model monitor about 2 months ago with the same exact problem. The focus would jump out intermittently. I changed the focus block. No help. The vert & horz pulses do not change when the focus goes out. The focus voltages do not change at the crt. If I would unplug the crt board (while the monitor was on) and plug it back in, the focus would also change. I concluded it was the crt, since the voltages or the pulses were rock steady. I do have the service manual in pdf form, if you want it. I can try and email it to you. It is about 7 meg in size. Jose' Reyes @ Kwik Fix TV 619 Pondella Rd. N. Ft. Myers, Fl. 33903 E-Mail: jr@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "peggs" <peggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Sony 20" monitor Intermittent poor Focus > > model GDM-F500 > chassis SCC-L03C-A > Nov. 1998 > 'Flat Tube' #M50LPU15X > This thing has Focus that will Drift very Intermittently. > It may play for days without drifting. > It has a seperate Focus 'Divider',which looks like > just a small version of a Flyback. It has one Lead in > from the Flyback,and 2 leads out to the Pix Tube Socket. > The input has 10Kv and each output has app. 5Kv,both > when the Focus is good and when it's bad. > Some of the Plugs on the CRT PCB are marked with voltages,all > of which appear to be fine. > Are these Tubes known to go bad with poor focus ??? > I'm going to pull the CRT Socket to have a look at it > > Peggs > Peggs' Electronics > 1519 West 2nd Street > Owensboro,KY 42301 > 270-926-4968 > fax 270-686-7399 > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html