[COLUG] LCD Monitor Repair

[Mike Schoenborn]

At 09:18 AM 11/12/2007 -0500, you 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

If you decide against repairing the monitor, consider turning it into
a large (-large-) screen projection TV: http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/
Check out the "Completed Projects" section for what people are able
to accomplish.