New screen advice tips?

[Sozzac]

What do you mean by die out? screen fade or intermittent failure?

Screen just turn black :/

Permanently or in certain circumstances? no software changes/drivers etc? Cables checked?

Is the monitor showing signs of power? (LED's etc) if no power it could be a cap blown but this would be a permanent failure, can be easy to solve if you have a soldering iron and can order the replacement cap.

Perma dead screens 2 of them the leds are lit up but the screen is dead

Replacement CAP where can I find those ?

[Mattwood]

Hmmm, most of the time when the caps are dead it's on the power circuit so i'm not sure you'd see power to the LED's aswell. When they were failing was it gradual or instant?

If you have a little bit of tinkering knowledge you could take the monitor apart, check the caps for any that have bulging or popped tops, be careful doing this as caps can and will hold charge. While you're in there reseat the cabling if theres no bad caps (Depending on age caps are common to bulge in monitors and are a pretty easy fix)

For reference, heres a vid showing exactly this

For reference, blown caps will look like this:


In extreme cases they'll look like this


Caps are available at http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/passive-c ... apacitors/ or any similar sites. You need to know the exact spec of the caps there and a little soldering knowledge too.

Edited to add YT link

[Cmdr Kharma]

Years ago found one in work that was being chucked......Thought I'd take it as I wanted a monitor at the time for a jukebox project....

It did not work.....Took it apart....Found a domed cap......Replaced it and the monitor worked.....

First time I had done it...But I had nothing to lose...so why not try it.....

[Sozzac]

Well one was star ting to show black fields that go black the other just go installera death

[Sozzac]

Well I think I mood some screens soon

[Mattwood]

Years ago found one in work that was being chucked......Thought I'd take it as I wanted a monitor at the time for a jukebox project....

It did not work.....Took it apart....Found a domed cap......Replaced it and the monitor worked.....

First time I had done it...But I had nothing to lose...so why not try it.....

Seems to be one of the most common reasons a monitor will go kaput, TV's too, people throw them out all the time and it's possible all they need is the caps changing.

Definitely struck gold with a free monitor though!

Well I think I mood some screens soon

It's worth taking them apart before you buy new ones though if that's what you mean, if you can't fix them yourself someone will for very little money