Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

[Acidrainopg]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

Well, it worked until yesterday and now it comes on with the blue lights and goes off shortly after with no signal going orange. I dont know what else it could be, it worked for a month and now iam in the same boat, any suggestions would be helpful.

[budm]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

That sounds like it goes into standby mode (LED turns orange) due to no video signal possibly, did you check the video cable, try it with another PC?

[retiredcaps]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

Well, it worked until yesterday

You never specified what brand and series of caps you ordered. In addition, did you change out ALL the electrolytic caps or just the bloated ones?

[Acidrainopg]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

That sounds like it goes into standby mode (LED turns orange) due to no video signal possibly, did you check the video cable, try it with another PC?

Thanks for the reply, i checked my computer with another monitor and it worked fine. I didnt try the monitor on another computer as it was easier to try another monitor with the tower. Do you think i should at least try it?

Acidrain

[Acidrainopg]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

You never specified what brand and series of caps you ordered. In addition, did you change out ALL the electrolytic caps or just the bloated ones?

I dont recall as i purchased them online through one of the links provided on your post in which one of the badcaps guys informed me to follow and look at in regards to and before i had changed them out.

Here is the link i found; https://www.hobbymods.com/store/inde...tor-parts.html

I only changed out the bloated ones, i didn't feel it necessary to changing them all out, but apparently i should have instead of just the bloated ones.

Acidrain

[selldoor]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

Hi - I dont really understand the way you are thinking?

The first half of this thread you seem to put off taking any sort of action until you think you understand the problem.

You take for ever to post pictures despite many requests
You say "ill be taking hi-rest images" then post pictures that are really very poor.

And yet you did this:

i bought an entire set through some of the recommended site everyone had referenced

There are very few people who regularly contribute to this forum who would recommend that action unless you lived in a country where nothing else was available.
Perhaps you could update your profile with country and voltage?

Entire set? What about the ones not included? what make? what esr?. Did you make sure when you put the new caps in you put them in the same way around as those that came out?
You also said some caps were "loose" what did you do about that?

I suggest you start again and take decent photos of both sides of your boards - get them as near to 2mb as you can so we can see the detail.
They should look like these examples of what is needed.
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1290283049

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...7&d=1280167246

If you can, post a second picture and mark on it the caps you replaced

[Acidrainopg]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

Hi - I dont really understand the way you are thinking?

The first half of this thread you seem to put off taking any sort of action until you think you understand the problem.

You take for ever to post pictures despite many requests
You say "ill be taking hi-rest images" then post pictures that are really very poor.

And yet you did this:

i bought an entire set through some of the recommended site everyone had referenced

There are very few people who regularly contribute to this forum who would recommend that action unless you lived in a country where nothing else was available.
Perhaps you could update your profile with country and voltage?

Entire set? What about the ones not included? what make? what esr?. Did you make sure when you put the new caps in you put them in the same way around as those that came out?
You also said some caps were "loose" what did you do about that?

I suggest you start again and take decent photos of both sides of your boards - get them as near to 2mb as you can so we can see the detail.
They should look like these examples of what is needed.
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1290283049

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...7&d=1280167246

If you can, post a second picture and mark on it the caps you replaced

You know i don't appreciate your smug arrogant attitude thank you but no thank you as ill wait for someone else to answer or simply find my own solution.

[Acidrainopg]

Re: Gateway FPD2485W | 2 second to Dark

You never specified what brand and series of caps you ordered. In addition, did you change out ALL the electrolytic caps or just the bloated ones?

Retiredcaps,

You never replied to my post reply, since my last conversation hasn't gone as i would have liked. I discovered that i used less than good caps, instead i contacted digikey/Panasonic caps and requested the ones that i needed and i replaced them all. Unfortunately, while i can get it come on all the LEDS no screen, it is black and stays black and the on LED goes to orange after some time. I wish to continue trying to fix this monitor, however iam lost and not sure which way to go at this stage. Any helpful information would be welcomed.

Currently: I ordered and replaced all caps on the power-board and that of the inverter board as i noticed two bulges on it.

Further, i receive sound and the blue LED light comes on, after a few seconds it goes to orange. No logo, just a black screen.

Acidrain