Hi All,
I recently inspected a ladies computer and noticed some bad caps.. Recapped the motherboard successfully (it wasn't completely dead just bulging caps) .. Posts and works fine at the moment.. A week ago is when I inspected.. Recapped last night.. Within the week her big Hitachi monitor died out.. I diddn't smell anything at first but when I was working on her computer and set it back down beside her monitor I can definately smell burnt chip or something..
I opened up the Hitachi but can't see where the burnt chip is etc.. The monitor does power cycle and LED does stay green.. I'm not to sure where to go from here.. I don't really have the tools to diagnose much other than visually..
Anybody have any experience with these and what board I should be looking at.. Every chip I can see so far looks ok.. There is definitely a burnt smell..
I have the Hitachi service guide but its like chinese to me.. I don't really understand it.. Even following the troubleshooting diagram.. Any ideas?
If the lady doesn't want the monitor back ill keep it around and maybe try and break it down and provide further information..
Thanks
Yatti
I recently inspected a ladies computer and noticed some bad caps.. Recapped the motherboard successfully (it wasn't completely dead just bulging caps) .. Posts and works fine at the moment.. A week ago is when I inspected.. Recapped last night.. Within the week her big Hitachi monitor died out.. I diddn't smell anything at first but when I was working on her computer and set it back down beside her monitor I can definately smell burnt chip or something..
I opened up the Hitachi but can't see where the burnt chip is etc.. The monitor does power cycle and LED does stay green.. I'm not to sure where to go from here.. I don't really have the tools to diagnose much other than visually..
Anybody have any experience with these and what board I should be looking at.. Every chip I can see so far looks ok.. There is definitely a burnt smell..
I have the Hitachi service guide but its like chinese to me.. I don't really understand it.. Even following the troubleshooting diagram.. Any ideas?
If the lady doesn't want the monitor back ill keep it around and maybe try and break it down and provide further information..
Thanks
Yatti
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