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  • 11flint
    Member
    • May 2010
    • 24

    #1

    Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

    Changed the controller board on this monitor, and all I'm getting is flashing full screen red green blue white!

    Help!!!
    Heaven, is a place where all IC's are DIP.
  • Scenic
    o.O
    • Sep 2007
    • 2640
    • Germany

    #2
    Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

    test mode?
    my old 18" HP L1820 (Acer OEM) does that if there's no signal..

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    • 11flint
      Member
      • May 2010
      • 24

      #3
      Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

      So is my scaler ic screwed? Love your quote btw Scenic, ha! I'm half German. Mom's from Frankfurt. You guys have more hope then we do mate.
      Heaven, is a place where all IC's are DIP.

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      • Scenic
        o.O
        • Sep 2007
        • 2640
        • Germany

        #4
        Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

        uhm.. put a signal to it and see what it does.
        older monitors used to show those color patterns if there was no signal (instead of showing a "no signal" box floating around on the screen)

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        • 11flint
          Member
          • May 2010
          • 24

          #5
          Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

          That did the trick. Cheers man
          Heaven, is a place where all IC's are DIP.

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          • Scenic
            o.O
            • Sep 2007
            • 2640
            • Germany

            #6
            Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

            np

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            • 11flint
              Member
              • May 2010
              • 24

              #7
              Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

              Ok, I'm happy as a pig in **** that the monitor is up and running, but at the end of the day, is it normal for the monitor to go into what I can only describe as "test mode" both when on w/o signal and when it should in fact be sleeping?

              My guess is that this is a firmware issue. Could anyone tell me how to flash this (Acer AL1716) monitor? Sorry in advance if there's already a sticky on this topic.

              Many thanks!!!

              Oh, and scenic....prost!
              Heaven, is a place where all IC's are DIP.

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              • 11flint
                Member
                • May 2010
                • 24

                #8
                Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

                For the sake of closure, this problem (miracolously) rectified itself. Left the monitor unplugged for several days, when I hooked it up again, no more red/green/blue, and monitor goes to standby (amber lED) as intended.
                Heaven, is a place where all IC's are DIP.

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                • gerg
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 278
                  • United States

                  #9
                  Re: Acer flashing Red/Green/Blue

                  What model acer is it I have about 1000 of these monitors in the field I might be able to tell you from experience if it might have bad caps

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