Hello!
I'm brand new here. Great site.
So, someone was throwing out a much nicer monitor than the one I'm using, a hannspree hsg1064. He didn't know what was wrong, so I plugged in and found that the screen appeared normally for about 5 seconds, then went black. Searching for this symptom lead me here, and to your very helpful FAQ on the subject.
I don't have a multimeter (yet) so I figured I'd check the lamps. See the pictures below and you can see what I found
Anyway, I've never done this kind of thing before (only thing I've ever done with a monitor is plug one in). As you can see in the pictures, there's a bunch of oxidation on the frame, and some sort of white stuff around the breakage. What is that stuff?
Does having broken CCFLs cause any other problems that I should look into before replacing the broken lamps?
Is there a place that you guys recommend for buying CCFLs? I didn't find anyone selling specifically for my monitor model, are all 25" CCFLs alike?
I assume that the connectors that attach the CCFLs are specific to the board, so what comes with the lamps? Like lengths of wire or something, or do I need to solder onto contacts on the lamps themselves? Seems sketchy getting that much heat near the tubes... If I do need to do that, what sort of wire should I use?
Lastly, is there anything I should know as a first-timer replacing these things?
Thanks for bearing with my beginner's questions, and thanks a ton for reading. I appreciate it!
-Wolf
I'm brand new here. Great site.
So, someone was throwing out a much nicer monitor than the one I'm using, a hannspree hsg1064. He didn't know what was wrong, so I plugged in and found that the screen appeared normally for about 5 seconds, then went black. Searching for this symptom lead me here, and to your very helpful FAQ on the subject.
I don't have a multimeter (yet) so I figured I'd check the lamps. See the pictures below and you can see what I found

Anyway, I've never done this kind of thing before (only thing I've ever done with a monitor is plug one in). As you can see in the pictures, there's a bunch of oxidation on the frame, and some sort of white stuff around the breakage. What is that stuff?
Does having broken CCFLs cause any other problems that I should look into before replacing the broken lamps?
Is there a place that you guys recommend for buying CCFLs? I didn't find anyone selling specifically for my monitor model, are all 25" CCFLs alike?
I assume that the connectors that attach the CCFLs are specific to the board, so what comes with the lamps? Like lengths of wire or something, or do I need to solder onto contacts on the lamps themselves? Seems sketchy getting that much heat near the tubes... If I do need to do that, what sort of wire should I use?
Lastly, is there anything I should know as a first-timer replacing these things?
Thanks for bearing with my beginner's questions, and thanks a ton for reading. I appreciate it!
-Wolf
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