Westinghouse LCM-17v8 Torn Ribbon Cable

[Gorrillasnot]

Bored with nothing to do thanks to the recent snow, my sister wanted me to take a look at her monitor which had the common Westinghouse fade to white problem.
I replaced 4 caps and all was fine until I was putting the darn thing back together and pinched the ribbon cable between a metal bracket and tore it a little. It's the ribbon that goes to the front panel with the power button etc.
If i wiggle the cable I can get the monitor to power on but the connection is flakey at best.
Is it possible to fix or is there anywhere I could buy a replacement? (I briefly checked ebay and found noting)

thanks

[budm]

Re: Westinghouse LCM-17v8 Torn Ribbon Cable

It looks like the 3 conductors (the middle one of the 3 is damaged) on the left end of the cable are for ground, you can see all 3 pin on the switch board are tied together, so check and see if all 3 lines are ground and tied together.

[Gorrillasnot]

Re: Westinghouse LCM-17v8 Torn Ribbon Cable

I hooked the monitor up to a PC and it fires right up, but the power button and power LED do not work, so I guess as it is now the monitor is on full time.
If she plugs it in to a power strip and uses that to turn off the monitor would it hurt anything to run it that way?
Its an old beater monitor that my nephew uses to play kids games on.

To be honest I'm such an electronics newb I don't know how to check to see if they are grounds and tied together.

thanks

[Lumberjack777]

Re: Westinghouse LCM-17v8 Torn Ribbon Cable

Those ribbon cables are very delicate. (as you found out). There is a possibility that by attempting to fix it, you could render it nonfunctional. As long as there are no shorts; I'd go with the power strip to turn it on and off. 17" monitors are not even worth putting money into like power buttons and ribbons. (in my humble opinion) Besides, it's just an old beater for the nephew and his games!

[Gorrillasnot]

Re: Westinghouse LCM-17v8 Torn Ribbon Cable

Yep it's not worth putting any more money into it..I watched a couple movies on it and so far it is 100% stable.
I think I will just have them use a power strip.

Note to self: be extra careful with ribbon cables..much like my ex girlfriend they can be fragile and a big pain in the behind. lol

thanks