Howdy everyone,
After a long time away (was here a few years ago recapping some moboards and their power supplies), I'm back and finally going to get around to doing some preventive recaps on my monitors. I've got a bunch of Dell E198WFP's. They are on pretty much all the time, and would like to keep them going as long as possible, so thus the reason why I want to do a preventive recap on them.
I took a few long looks at budm's galleries and figured out how to get one of them apart. By the way Budm, you don't have the E198WFP on your site. I know it's a cousin of several others you have on there, but if you want to grab any of the pics I've uploaded to put on your site for others, please feel free to do so. And if I don't have a picture of something you think should be included, please let me know and I'll happily provide.
One quick question - it seems that these flatscreens are particularly susceptible to being fried because of shorting/overloads in troubleshooting. Is there a proper way you are to power them off and then discharge the supplies before tearing down? I know I'm a little late in asking as I already tore one apart, but after reading budm's guides I had an oh crap moment on the high voltage warning. Or is it more of you have to be careful when you are live troubleshooting? I never did anything special when I recapped the computer's power supplies, but that may just be because I didn't know better.
Before I dive in to the datasheets and try to remember all of the lessons Mockingbird and Momaka (and all the others) taught me on identifying the right replacement caps, can those of you who exclusively work on these displays weigh in on what all needs changed? I included diagrams I made of the boards with all of the caps and their specs. These cap manufacturers are all on the bad cap manufacturers list, so unless someone says otherwise I'll change them all.
And are there any other recommendations you have to extend the life of these displays? Anything else that should be changed besides the caps?
Thanks!
After a long time away (was here a few years ago recapping some moboards and their power supplies), I'm back and finally going to get around to doing some preventive recaps on my monitors. I've got a bunch of Dell E198WFP's. They are on pretty much all the time, and would like to keep them going as long as possible, so thus the reason why I want to do a preventive recap on them.
I took a few long looks at budm's galleries and figured out how to get one of them apart. By the way Budm, you don't have the E198WFP on your site. I know it's a cousin of several others you have on there, but if you want to grab any of the pics I've uploaded to put on your site for others, please feel free to do so. And if I don't have a picture of something you think should be included, please let me know and I'll happily provide.
One quick question - it seems that these flatscreens are particularly susceptible to being fried because of shorting/overloads in troubleshooting. Is there a proper way you are to power them off and then discharge the supplies before tearing down? I know I'm a little late in asking as I already tore one apart, but after reading budm's guides I had an oh crap moment on the high voltage warning. Or is it more of you have to be careful when you are live troubleshooting? I never did anything special when I recapped the computer's power supplies, but that may just be because I didn't know better.
Before I dive in to the datasheets and try to remember all of the lessons Mockingbird and Momaka (and all the others) taught me on identifying the right replacement caps, can those of you who exclusively work on these displays weigh in on what all needs changed? I included diagrams I made of the boards with all of the caps and their specs. These cap manufacturers are all on the bad cap manufacturers list, so unless someone says otherwise I'll change them all.
And are there any other recommendations you have to extend the life of these displays? Anything else that should be changed besides the caps?
Thanks!
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