Hi all, first post so be gentle!
I got a lovely Dell 2209W off eBay and 6 weeks later while I am in the middle of something on the computer it goes black and the LED in the power switch has gone out. I hoped it was a fuse in the power lead but I replaced this to a known working one and still nothing. I can hear a faint crackling as I push the lead into the socket on the back of the screen as if power is being drawn by the monitor to some extent. Anyway, no amount of lead wiggling can coerce the screen to be anything but completely dead so I google a bit and a few days later I manage to open it up and strip it down so I can see the PCBs. I also read a few forum posts here on similar topics and try to find any fuse that might be blown or any capacitors that look bad but I can't see anything obviously broken.
So I took some pictures and have attached them here to see if anyone has any ideas of what I might do next.
DSCF3740 to DSCF3743 are the main board just rotated in case anything is obscured by shadows. DSCF3744 is the back of this PCB.
DSCF3745 to DSCF3747 is a secondary board.
DSCF3748 is the back of the monitor with the above PCBs removed. The main board goes in the middle and the secondary to the right.
All connectors are into the main board except USB which has a tiny PCB under the silver 'hood' to the left in photo DSCF3748. I haven't bothered taking a picture of this but I took a look at it and it also looks fine.
I have a multimeter but haven't measured anything as I wouldn't know where to start and I don't want to blow anything up!
I have also examined the little PCB that goes behind the push buttons. It all looks in order.
I really hope someone can help me here because this screen was over £120 (GBP) which is I guess around USD$200.
Thanks
Ian
I got a lovely Dell 2209W off eBay and 6 weeks later while I am in the middle of something on the computer it goes black and the LED in the power switch has gone out. I hoped it was a fuse in the power lead but I replaced this to a known working one and still nothing. I can hear a faint crackling as I push the lead into the socket on the back of the screen as if power is being drawn by the monitor to some extent. Anyway, no amount of lead wiggling can coerce the screen to be anything but completely dead so I google a bit and a few days later I manage to open it up and strip it down so I can see the PCBs. I also read a few forum posts here on similar topics and try to find any fuse that might be blown or any capacitors that look bad but I can't see anything obviously broken.
So I took some pictures and have attached them here to see if anyone has any ideas of what I might do next.
DSCF3740 to DSCF3743 are the main board just rotated in case anything is obscured by shadows. DSCF3744 is the back of this PCB.
DSCF3745 to DSCF3747 is a secondary board.
DSCF3748 is the back of the monitor with the above PCBs removed. The main board goes in the middle and the secondary to the right.
All connectors are into the main board except USB which has a tiny PCB under the silver 'hood' to the left in photo DSCF3748. I haven't bothered taking a picture of this but I took a look at it and it also looks fine.
I have a multimeter but haven't measured anything as I wouldn't know where to start and I don't want to blow anything up!
I have also examined the little PCB that goes behind the push buttons. It all looks in order.
I really hope someone can help me here because this screen was over £120 (GBP) which is I guess around USD$200.
Thanks
Ian
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