[COLUG] LCD Monitor Repair

[Mike Haun]

On 11/12/07, Mark Erbaugh <mark at microenh.com> wrote:
> It appears that the backlight has failed on my 3.5 year old LCD monitor
> (Benq FP757). If you look closely at it you can see that the LCD pixels
> still seem to be working.  The power LED indicates the awake / sleep
> status correctly.
>
> It was my main monitor and in use almost every day.  I usually left the
> monitor powered on and let it go to sleep when I turned off the
> computer.
>
> The failure was all of a sudden. One day, I booted the computer and no
> display.  I'm don't think there was any physical trauma to the unit. It
> and the computer were connected to a UPS so I don't think there was any
> electrical trauma either.
>
> The only problem I was having with it before this was that the image
> would occasionally experience a slight vibration along the right edge.
> Pushing the auto-tune feature cleared that up.  I've not experienced
> that with the monitor I've been using as a replacement for a couple of
> weeks (it is as the same resolution), so I think the problem was the
> monitor, not the video card.  There weren't any dead pixels.
>
> It's out of warranty (3 years).  Is it worth having it repaired?  If so,
> any recommendations for service departments in the Columbus area?
>
> I'm not opposed to poking around inside it myself. Is there anything I
> can look at?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>


Mark,

Same thing happened to me 3 years ago on a similar monitor.  I ended
up having to replace the high voltage coil type thing which was
mounted on a circuit card.  That card cost me $100, but it fixed my
monitor!

Mike