Hello all. I just joined to say thanks for the source of information and the vast knowledge of the members here.
A few days ago, I turned my monitor back on, which had not been powered off for several months, and it would not power on fully. The power button/LED on the front would just blink. I walked out of the room and when I returned a few minutes later, the monitor was working fine. After another power off, it would not turn on again-back to the flashing LED. I stumbled across this forum after a search of symptoms. After a few minutes of browsing a few threads, I was stripping the monitor down to check the caps. Low and behold, I found some SUX'CON (Su'scon
) caps that were bulging. I needed my PC today, and luckily, I happened to catch a local electronic distributor about 15 minutes before he closed. There were only two bulging caps, so I got those two for a whopping $2.30, came home and swapped them out. The monitor is working like a dream. I ordered replacements for the other caps that were not replaced. I'm also going to replace one of the caps that I purchased today. It was a 85*C cap, but I'll make it match the other 105*C caps. Here's a few pics that I took along the way... Thanks again. Now I need to find some people throwing some of these "bad" monitors away and fix them.
A few days ago, I turned my monitor back on, which had not been powered off for several months, and it would not power on fully. The power button/LED on the front would just blink. I walked out of the room and when I returned a few minutes later, the monitor was working fine. After another power off, it would not turn on again-back to the flashing LED. I stumbled across this forum after a search of symptoms. After a few minutes of browsing a few threads, I was stripping the monitor down to check the caps. Low and behold, I found some SUX'CON (Su'scon
) caps that were bulging. I needed my PC today, and luckily, I happened to catch a local electronic distributor about 15 minutes before he closed. There were only two bulging caps, so I got those two for a whopping $2.30, came home and swapped them out. The monitor is working like a dream. I ordered replacements for the other caps that were not replaced. I'm also going to replace one of the caps that I purchased today. It was a 85*C cap, but I'll make it match the other 105*C caps. Here's a few pics that I took along the way... Thanks again. Now I need to find some people throwing some of these "bad" monitors away and fix them.
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