The title says it all basically. How long will the capacitors last in their current state, if this is indeed the problem?
Here's the situation:
My T220's screen will turn off after a short duration following a power-on. The LED light remains on, so it's just the screen/backlight that turns off. The length of time it remains on before shutting off depends on the duration of time it was previously left powered down.
I currently get around this by, what I assume is, charging the capacitors a little. The T220 comes with the buttons on the right side for navigating the menu/settings for the monitor (brightness, contrast, other settings, etc). One of the buttons (third one down, of four) is a button that will cycle the input from digital to analog.
I press this button, and it will cycle from digital -> analog -> back to digital. Doing so turns the screen/backlight back on when it swaps back to digital without actually powering down. I do this a few times, and then the monitor will remain on with no issue until I turn it off again for an extended period of time.
The # of times I must cycle it after turning it on, again, is related to the length of time it has previously been turned off.
I do not know anything about hardware/capacitors and such, but as you can see my research on the issue has lead me here. I can only assume the issue is related to my capacitors, and I'm wondering how long I can go with my current method of cycling the input until they're done for good and I should search for a replacement.
Even if they may last for a bit longer, could my current method endanger other components? Should I seek to try and repair the capacitors sooner rather than later?
Here's the situation:
My T220's screen will turn off after a short duration following a power-on. The LED light remains on, so it's just the screen/backlight that turns off. The length of time it remains on before shutting off depends on the duration of time it was previously left powered down.
I currently get around this by, what I assume is, charging the capacitors a little. The T220 comes with the buttons on the right side for navigating the menu/settings for the monitor (brightness, contrast, other settings, etc). One of the buttons (third one down, of four) is a button that will cycle the input from digital to analog.
I press this button, and it will cycle from digital -> analog -> back to digital. Doing so turns the screen/backlight back on when it swaps back to digital without actually powering down. I do this a few times, and then the monitor will remain on with no issue until I turn it off again for an extended period of time.
The # of times I must cycle it after turning it on, again, is related to the length of time it has previously been turned off.
I do not know anything about hardware/capacitors and such, but as you can see my research on the issue has lead me here. I can only assume the issue is related to my capacitors, and I'm wondering how long I can go with my current method of cycling the input until they're done for good and I should search for a replacement.
Even if they may last for a bit longer, could my current method endanger other components? Should I seek to try and repair the capacitors sooner rather than later?
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