I've received a 19" monitor for free, IISonic Model IIW9M.
The monitor turns on, but the video on screen is corrupted and it has a white stripe which dissappears and reappears sometimes when monitor is moved, but always remains visible in black background.
Tried opening the monitor, nothing visibly wrong. Tried reconnecting the signal cable from lcd panel to the video board. Didn't help.
All caps look ok. (but most caps are from the bad list: hermei, evercon fukkyu)
What might be wrong with this monitor ? Maybe the LCD panel itself is bad ?
The monitor turns on, but the video on screen is corrupted and it has a white stripe which dissappears and reappears sometimes when monitor is moved, but always remains visible in black background.
Tried opening the monitor, nothing visibly wrong. Tried reconnecting the signal cable from lcd panel to the video board. Didn't help.
All caps look ok. (but most caps are from the bad list: hermei, evercon fukkyu)
What might be wrong with this monitor ? Maybe the LCD panel itself is bad ?
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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