Yes I have another one of these monitors with the same issues. It started by powering on but being dim and then getting to its full brightness after a couple minutes. As time went on it would not come on until a couple minutes after pressing the power button. This got worse as time went by and I looked it up and found this place and saw the great help others got so I figured, why not fix this issue myself. I paid about $700 for this monitor over 3 years ago and if its easy to fix by re-soldering some caps then why not at least give it a shot. So I decided to at least take it apart and see if i noticed any bad caps at first before buying anything. Well I took pictures (sorry I forgot to take my tripod with my camera) and I wrote down the cap numbers and the models.
First off, here is a copy of the service manual incase anyone needs it: VP2030B Service Manual
The first caps I noticed were on the LCD Power board (for the panel and backlight)
They are: 3x 180μF 35v (located: C1 , C2 , C3)
The other ones I found were on the mainboard.
They are: 2x 1000μF 6.3v (located: C206 , C216)
They are: 6x 100μF 25v (located: C180 , C181 , C187 , C188 , C184 , C185)
--Also I noticed when I picked up the mainboard there was a rattle (like a small ball inside a plastic box) sound, I was not able to tell where it was coming from and I checked and there was no loose parts.
The USB Board, Main AC board did not have any caps that appear bad. Both me and my father overlooked the caps and I only listed ones with slightly domed or worse tops to the caps.
Now I would perfer to buy my stuff from Element 14's store. Since they have good shipping rate and are in the US. I am just not sure what caps I should buy to replace the ones that are bad so I am asking for assistance on this part.
First off, here is a copy of the service manual incase anyone needs it: VP2030B Service Manual
The first caps I noticed were on the LCD Power board (for the panel and backlight)
They are: 3x 180μF 35v (located: C1 , C2 , C3)
The other ones I found were on the mainboard.
They are: 2x 1000μF 6.3v (located: C206 , C216)
They are: 6x 100μF 25v (located: C180 , C181 , C187 , C188 , C184 , C185)
--Also I noticed when I picked up the mainboard there was a rattle (like a small ball inside a plastic box) sound, I was not able to tell where it was coming from and I checked and there was no loose parts.
The USB Board, Main AC board did not have any caps that appear bad. Both me and my father overlooked the caps and I only listed ones with slightly domed or worse tops to the caps.
Now I would perfer to buy my stuff from Element 14's store. Since they have good shipping rate and are in the US. I am just not sure what caps I should buy to replace the ones that are bad so I am asking for assistance on this part.
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