Ok, today a I Inc 28" LCD monitor came in for repairs. I had a real hard time finding out anything about it, on the net. But after some digging, I found that they are a rebadged Hanns G. It would run for 5 to 15 minutes then fail, so I tore it down and found no bulging caps. So I got to reading about known issues of the Hanns G monitors. I found that the issue was caused by overheating of the cheap ass Capacitors that they use on there Logic Boards. I replaced three 25v 470ufs, and 5 16v 100ufs, and it is now back up and running. What I could not believe was that the 16v 100ufs I got at our local electronics shop, were litterly twice the size of the originals for the same specs. I think that I am going to add a heatsink to the Logic Chip and add a quiet fan to help keep it cooler inside. 
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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