monitor out of focus

[Biggerhammer]

Hello all-
I have a Compaq S910, 19" monitor that I bought from a worthless sack of $#!^ on eBay. It is 'fuzzy,' not in focus. I have opened it up (it's been six months since it had power, save the 'you're gonna die' speech 😉 ) but could not find anything as useful as a focus pot.
Instead, I found around a dozen rings around the end of the tube. They can be twisted to adjust something but I can't see any difference from the minor twiddling that I did.
Does anyone:[*]have a technical manual for the Compaq S910 monitor?
[*]know enough about correcting focus that he or she can walk me through it?
[*]or, know of a cheapish place on the net to get a monitor refurbed?
My wife is stuck with her little laptop screen, so I figure that the sooner I can get this thing fixed, the sooner she'll stop coveting my 21" (no smart comments here)
😀

 

[Theslowone]

Try this link for the manual.

It could be the monitor cable as well(doubtful).

Are you looking for another 19"?

 

[ethebubbeth]

what refresh rate and resolution are you running it at? if you use a real high refresh rate it might make things look out of focus.

 

[Viper96720]

Just because it hasn't had power for along time means it's not dangerous. Unless you discharged the tube it could still hold a charge. Need to find out what brand the monitor actually is.
Since compaq probably rebadged it an get a service manual. If there was a focus adjustment it would probably be 3. One for each gun.

 

[Biggerhammer]

Originally posted by: Theslowone
Try this link for the manual.

It could be the monitor cable as well(doubtful).

Are you looking for another 19"?

I'm too poor to buy another one 🙂

Thank you for the link.