I have a 15" LCD monitor which I have been holding on to for over a year now. It worked perfectly when I bought it second hand but suddenly after relocated the PC it stopped working. It powers up but always reports "no signal" then enters power management mode, as if the VGA cable is not plugged in.
I always in my gut suspected it was fixable so kept it in storage. It helped it has an Elo Touchscreen which are quite expensive.
Knowing this site, my first instinct is that recapping may simply bring it back to life. One of the caps appears to have been damaged since day one, presumably while applying the positive lead for the touch screen. It obviously did not stop it working but perhaps contributed to an early death.
The problem is, the only tools I have are 30W soldering iron, some solder, solder sucker and a multimeter. An ESR meter is out of the question, they are too expensive when there are no guarantees I can fix the problem. I probably will pickup a better multimeter with capacitance testing though.
Any suggestions? It looks surface mount which is probably why I was reluctant to try fixing it when it first died. Its pre-ROHS so perhaps 30W will be enough to do the job? I may possibly be able to get a new soldering iron too but do not want the expense if I can avoid it.
I always in my gut suspected it was fixable so kept it in storage. It helped it has an Elo Touchscreen which are quite expensive.
Knowing this site, my first instinct is that recapping may simply bring it back to life. One of the caps appears to have been damaged since day one, presumably while applying the positive lead for the touch screen. It obviously did not stop it working but perhaps contributed to an early death.
The problem is, the only tools I have are 30W soldering iron, some solder, solder sucker and a multimeter. An ESR meter is out of the question, they are too expensive when there are no guarantees I can fix the problem. I probably will pickup a better multimeter with capacitance testing though.
Any suggestions? It looks surface mount which is probably why I was reluctant to try fixing it when it first died. Its pre-ROHS so perhaps 30W will be enough to do the job? I may possibly be able to get a new soldering iron too but do not want the expense if I can avoid it.
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