[COLUG] LCD Monitor Repair

[Robert Grimm]

Sounds like you need a new inverter board. A quick Google search did  
not turn up a part number. You might find one on the board itself. In  
my experience, inverter boards usually cost $60-100. If you do it  
yourself, it is probably worth it. I wouldn't want to pay for labor on  
a monitor that old.

On Nov 12, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Mark Erbaugh 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
>
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