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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 55544" data-attributes="member: 5184">Hmm... I found a service manual for the eMac (ATI graphics), in which is stated the following:Display/Analog Voltage Setting and LHR Module Instructions: The display/analog (service module) contains a non-switching power supply which is preset at a 220V&nbsp; configuration. The voltage selection is manually set by way of a voltage jumper. This means if you are&nbsp; replacing the display/analog assembly and you will be operating the computer in a 110V environment, you&nbsp; will have to install the voltage jumper on the module. The following instructions explain how to configure the voltage and LHR jumpers on the digital/analog&nbsp; assembly. Note: The LHR coil (a line conditioning module) is required in some international countries. It is possible to use a 110V eMac on 220V, but only after opening it up and removing a jumper cable.So I guess that, unfortunately, what the technician said about the analog module was right. I'm not sure though if the CRT itself is damaged or not.To change these parts, you have to nearly completely dismantle the eMac.I think that's what makes the repair expensive, the parts and the work to change them.If the CRT is damaged, then the price isn't a surprise. CRTs are quite expensive and difficult to exchange. TV sets with damaged CRTs rarely get repaired, even if they aren't old.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 55544, member: 5184"] Hmm... I found a service manual for the eMac (ATI graphics), in which is stated the following: [I]Display/Analog Voltage Setting and LHR Module Instructions: The display/analog (service module) contains a non-switching power supply which is preset at a 220V configuration. The voltage selection is manually set by way of a voltage jumper. This means if you are replacing the display/analog assembly and you will be operating the computer in a 110V environment, you will have to install the voltage jumper on the module. The following instructions explain how to configure the voltage and LHR jumpers on the digital/analog assembly. Note: The LHR coil (a line conditioning module) is required in some international countries. [/I] It is possible to use a 110V eMac on 220V, but only after opening it up and removing a jumper cable. So I guess that, unfortunately, what the technician said about the analog module was right. I'm not sure though if the CRT itself is damaged or not. To change these parts, you have to nearly completely dismantle the eMac. I think that's what makes the repair expensive, the parts and the work to change them. If the CRT is damaged, then the price isn't a surprise. CRTs are quite expensive and difficult to exchange. TV sets with damaged CRTs rarely get repaired, even if they aren't old. [/QUOTE]

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