The monitor is a DGM 24" monitor.
It were completely dead, so I took a look inside and replaced 2 bulging caps (16v 1000uf). I replaced them with the same rating and Panasonic low ESR caps.
It works and turns on, but now there is a flickering across the screen. The picture is there from the VGA port and it looks clear if it wasn't for the lines.
The whole picture jumps up and down slightly too.
I checked the cables etc and everything is in place.
Have I missed some caps?
It were completely dead, so I took a look inside and replaced 2 bulging caps (16v 1000uf). I replaced them with the same rating and Panasonic low ESR caps.
It works and turns on, but now there is a flickering across the screen. The picture is there from the VGA port and it looks clear if it wasn't for the lines.
The whole picture jumps up and down slightly too.
I checked the cables etc and everything is in place.
Have I missed some caps?
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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