This is the story of my LCM-22w3 that had bad capacitors and how I came to find that there is absolutely no solution anywhere online for this very common problem.
I originally found out my monitor had bad caps when it was doing that on, off, orange light, high pitched squeeling sound turning on. I knew the monitor was going bad, so I looked up guides and info and whatnot. Most everyone pointed at the power/inverter board. I took it apart and lo and behold! Bad caps. Puffy, all out, etc.
Since I am TERRIBLE at soldering, and most places for a 'repair' of the caps wanted more than $40 for it, I said 'screw it - Ill just order a full replacement board'. That was a bit ago now, but last I remember, the monitor worked fine.
So I ordered a replacement DAC-19M009 - full board, new caps everything. Just got it in tonight. Replaced it fine, reassembled the monitor and bam. Turns on without a hitch.
Awesome right? Not quite. Got it hooked up to my computer and its resolution is all wonky. What? Okay, Ill fix it. I go to change it (win7x64 btw), and it says - "nope, cant do that. In fact, your monitor isnt even a westinghouse 22inch. Nope, its a Acer 17 inch with a max resolution of 1280x1024."
Okay. Huh? So, do I have a bad main board too??? Could a bad power/inverter board tear through my main board too and make it act all stupid? I assume from all of the stuff online that the EDID is messed up, and that its reporting the incorrect information. If its doing that, the only way to fix it is to replace that board correct?
Help me out with anything that could possibly help. Im dying to get this thing back to working but its just not cooperating.
Also - since the front button that auto adjusts the picture isnt working, and since its hooked up to the main board - I assume thats the issue? All Im working on is basic troubleshooting skills here.
Could I buy http://www.shopjimmy.com/cmo-35-d012479-main-board.htm THIS and replace it - would that fix the EDID?
I originally found out my monitor had bad caps when it was doing that on, off, orange light, high pitched squeeling sound turning on. I knew the monitor was going bad, so I looked up guides and info and whatnot. Most everyone pointed at the power/inverter board. I took it apart and lo and behold! Bad caps. Puffy, all out, etc.
Since I am TERRIBLE at soldering, and most places for a 'repair' of the caps wanted more than $40 for it, I said 'screw it - Ill just order a full replacement board'. That was a bit ago now, but last I remember, the monitor worked fine.
So I ordered a replacement DAC-19M009 - full board, new caps everything. Just got it in tonight. Replaced it fine, reassembled the monitor and bam. Turns on without a hitch.
Awesome right? Not quite. Got it hooked up to my computer and its resolution is all wonky. What? Okay, Ill fix it. I go to change it (win7x64 btw), and it says - "nope, cant do that. In fact, your monitor isnt even a westinghouse 22inch. Nope, its a Acer 17 inch with a max resolution of 1280x1024."
Okay. Huh? So, do I have a bad main board too??? Could a bad power/inverter board tear through my main board too and make it act all stupid? I assume from all of the stuff online that the EDID is messed up, and that its reporting the incorrect information. If its doing that, the only way to fix it is to replace that board correct?
Help me out with anything that could possibly help. Im dying to get this thing back to working but its just not cooperating.
Also - since the front button that auto adjusts the picture isnt working, and since its hooked up to the main board - I assume thats the issue? All Im working on is basic troubleshooting skills here.
Could I buy http://www.shopjimmy.com/cmo-35-d012479-main-board.htm THIS and replace it - would that fix the EDID?
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