I'm working on 2 monitor power supplys and am wondering if I can test the +5v & +12v with just the AC power cord pluged in. That is, all other connectors un-pluged (main board, lamps,etc)? I'm a first timer, thus the question.
BTW this is a great forum. i'v learned a lot from the posts i'v read this week.
Thank you all.
BTW this is a great forum. i'v learned a lot from the posts i'v read this week.
Thank you all.
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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