My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Printable Version

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - RetroGamerFred - 05-22-2025

Looks great!

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-22-2025

(05-22-2025, 03:36 PM)RetroGamerFred Wrote:  Looks great!

Thanks!
This is as far as I'm going Today:



The colour board's installed.

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-22-2025

I couldn’t help myself, so I just reassembled the whole thing!







I've done this just to clear my place of all the junk lying around. The Flyback still needs to be replaced, but all I need to do is remove the deflection board to carry out this component swap.

There it still waits on my desk, but at least the floor is clean of junk!

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-23-2025

Seeing that I have the monitor assembled, I decided to see what would happen when I tried to power it up, as I haven't done so at this point. (I wanted to confirm the symptoms that the seller described.)

At least it didn't blow up, but it shows the symptoms that the seller described.

When connected to power and the power button is pressed, the amber power LED comes on, showing that the monitor is in a standby mode.

When it's in standby mode and you power up the computer to which it's connected, you hear a relay on the deflection board click, but there is no static (The classic sound that a monitor makes as it powers up) or picture.

The fact that the relay which clicks is on the deflection board gives me hope, as this indicates that the monitor is receiving the picture information and attempting to fire up the non-working deflection module.

This surely indicates that it has a bad Flyback transformer and possibly HOT as well. (I will replace both)

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I have to correct myself, IT FRICKIN WORKS!!!

I was attempting to fire it up using a PC , but I then thought, just let me try one of my G4's, and it worked!!!



I’ve just calibrated it! (So I have a spare Flyback!)

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-23-2025

Now I just need to refit all of the plastics. (I'll do that tomorrow.)

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-24-2025

Here are the current settings: (I'll move it over to the G3 B&W later, as it's for that machine after all!)

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-24-2025

It's now setup on the B&W!



It’s almost time for the complete reassembly! I’m waiting for the cover to dry out completely, as I’ve just given it a thorough cleaning!



I’ve chosen not to install this grey lining under the intermediate bezel, as the previous owner damaged it while trying to pry off the bezel. It would have looked shite!!





The one that sits under the front bezel has been installed.

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And she’s finally back in one piece!

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-25-2025

Here's the G3 B&W setup: (Now all I need is the matching Keyboard and Mouse to complete the setup!)

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - RetroGamerFred - 05-26-2025

Awesome job!

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RE: My 21" Apple Studio Display (Blueberry - CRT) Restoration Project - Irinikus - 05-27-2025

(05-26-2025, 05:11 PM)RetroGamerFred Wrote:  Awesome job!

Thanks! 

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