Hi everyone, new member and first time poster here.
I have an Acer AL2416w monitor which is a bit faulty. I have noticed similar problems with this monitor on the forums but before anyone tells me to use the advice in the other posts, I thought I'd do my own post because I have a little more detail which may pinpoint the problem.
So a week ago, the screen started to get a little darker each day. By the 4th day, the whole left hand side was almost unreadable, only for me because I knew what the icons where without seeing the text below them. On the 5th day, I heard a high pitched whining noise, then it went completely black. The green light stays green at the bottom too so it is getting a signal.
I have experience soldering in consoles etc but not in monitors so my knowledge of the part names are very limited. By matching up names to pictures in other peoples posts, I have noticed the 2 'mosfets' look slightly overheated ( a bit like burnt orange around their edges ), but apart from that, everything looks ok.
After I left it switched off for 2 days, it worked again, but much duller than usual, a slight flicker and almost quiet, but audible high pitch whine again. As before, it gets darker by the hour.
I was hoping because I noticed it get dark on one side before it went completely that it will help someone with more experience know what the problem might be...
Thanks in advance.
Chris
I have an Acer AL2416w monitor which is a bit faulty. I have noticed similar problems with this monitor on the forums but before anyone tells me to use the advice in the other posts, I thought I'd do my own post because I have a little more detail which may pinpoint the problem.
So a week ago, the screen started to get a little darker each day. By the 4th day, the whole left hand side was almost unreadable, only for me because I knew what the icons where without seeing the text below them. On the 5th day, I heard a high pitched whining noise, then it went completely black. The green light stays green at the bottom too so it is getting a signal.
I have experience soldering in consoles etc but not in monitors so my knowledge of the part names are very limited. By matching up names to pictures in other peoples posts, I have noticed the 2 'mosfets' look slightly overheated ( a bit like burnt orange around their edges ), but apart from that, everything looks ok.
After I left it switched off for 2 days, it worked again, but much duller than usual, a slight flicker and almost quiet, but audible high pitch whine again. As before, it gets darker by the hour.
I was hoping because I noticed it get dark on one side before it went completely that it will help someone with more experience know what the problem might be...
Thanks in advance.
Chris
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