[COLUG] LCD Monitor Repair

[David McGlone]

On Monday 12 November 2007 2:51:14 pm Rob Stampfli wrote:
> Mark,
> A friend and I successfully recently repaired a 19 inch Gateway monitor,
> model number FPD1830, with a similar problem.  First, the backlight
> started flickering when first turned on, and then it just died completely.
> A search on Google determined that this was a common problem for this
> monitor, requiring the replacement of 4 electrolytic capacitors to repair.
> We followed the quite excellent instructions on:
>
> http://25yearsofprogramming.com/blog/20070403.htm
>
> and reincarnated this beast at the cost of about $6.  3.5 years seems
> to be about the average time-to-failure of this unit.
>
> I have no idea if your Benq FP757 is related to the Gateway, or if it
> uses a similar inverter board, but if you like the monitor, it might
> be worth opening it up and checking.
>
> The caps on mine did not look visually bad.  They were not bulged or
> discolored.  They were good quality Sanyo 105C caps.  But, as the
> article suggests, they were a bear to remove.  In the end, we resorted
> to physically yanking the caps off the inverter board and then removing
> the leads one-by-one.  The replacements were cheap 85C caps from Radio
> Shack, but they were readily available and the monitor is lightly used.
> I'd estimate we spent 3-4 hours on the project, and if it fails again,
> I could do it in 1.5.
>
> Good luck.  If you open the monitor up yourself, let us know what you
> find.

Yeah. You also might want to leave it unplugged for quite a few hours so the 
built up electricity will dissipate. Unplug it and hit the power button on 
it.


-- 
David M.
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