So, I had a Dell 2007FPb which would power off and back on every so often, randomly. Picture goes off, then immediately the Dell logo comes on the screen as the monitor goes through its power up sequence. Eventually, this monitor died and would not power on at all.
Today, a second Dell 2007FPb started having the same problem. So, I pulled the totally dead one and after reading various different sources of data (including the board here), I opened it up and inspected the boards. 3 bulging caps on the power supply board -- so I replaced them. Also replaced 2 on the inverter board which looked slightly suspicious. Put it back together, fired it up and it worked! An hour later, it died again totally - would not power on again. Now I am scratching my head as I was sure it was those caps and I am not sure where to go from here on fixing this monitor (plus the 2nd one which is starting to die in the same way).
Am I on the wrong track here? I didn't see anything else that looked bad inspecting the boards. Anyone else have a problem like this with a Dell monitor?
Today, a second Dell 2007FPb started having the same problem. So, I pulled the totally dead one and after reading various different sources of data (including the board here), I opened it up and inspected the boards. 3 bulging caps on the power supply board -- so I replaced them. Also replaced 2 on the inverter board which looked slightly suspicious. Put it back together, fired it up and it worked! An hour later, it died again totally - would not power on again. Now I am scratching my head as I was sure it was those caps and I am not sure where to go from here on fixing this monitor (plus the 2nd one which is starting to die in the same way).
Am I on the wrong track here? I didn't see anything else that looked bad inspecting the boards. Anyone else have a problem like this with a Dell monitor?
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