I just did a replacement of all caps/resistors for the 245bw, I have done it a few times prior to fix my other monitors and this was definitely the second+ repair done on this board (first by me, bought off ebay)
Anyways, now when windows dialog boxes come up it gets dim, or with I use this Windows Tweaker program it gets really bright then slowly dims back down and to a yellowish tint after every change made. The monitor works fairly decent as long as you ignore the random changes in brightness when you open/close anything.
The previous repair was done really sloppy and made it extremely tough to get the parts out without doing damage, on the 3x 68ohm resistors I had a few spots where I thought I lost the trace pad but I was able to solder to it - just not as clean as I would hope and do not expect it to be easily fixed again unless I replace with a single 200ohm resistor, even then I have to work with the worst damaged pad/hole.
Also both me and a friend notice this purple outline of stuff that is not on screen just barely visible on completely black backgrounds - sometimes it acts up and gets more visible, turned down brightness to reduce effect.
One random stupid question, I have failed to replace that plastic "shield" on all the monitors that I have repaired (just forgot about it when putting back together) but its just a piece of thin semi-transparent plastic do I am not sure if it really shields anything but a friend tried to tell me he thought that the purple looked like possible interference? I thought it was simply a cover to make sure no one touches the more dangerous section of the PCB?
Is it likely that this is a power board issue or one of the other parts?
I have searched for other people reporting similar things with the model but couldn't find any.
Thank you all as usual, your all great! Best helpful site on the web!
Anyways, now when windows dialog boxes come up it gets dim, or with I use this Windows Tweaker program it gets really bright then slowly dims back down and to a yellowish tint after every change made. The monitor works fairly decent as long as you ignore the random changes in brightness when you open/close anything.
The previous repair was done really sloppy and made it extremely tough to get the parts out without doing damage, on the 3x 68ohm resistors I had a few spots where I thought I lost the trace pad but I was able to solder to it - just not as clean as I would hope and do not expect it to be easily fixed again unless I replace with a single 200ohm resistor, even then I have to work with the worst damaged pad/hole.
Also both me and a friend notice this purple outline of stuff that is not on screen just barely visible on completely black backgrounds - sometimes it acts up and gets more visible, turned down brightness to reduce effect.
One random stupid question, I have failed to replace that plastic "shield" on all the monitors that I have repaired (just forgot about it when putting back together) but its just a piece of thin semi-transparent plastic do I am not sure if it really shields anything but a friend tried to tell me he thought that the purple looked like possible interference? I thought it was simply a cover to make sure no one touches the more dangerous section of the PCB?
Is it likely that this is a power board issue or one of the other parts?
I have searched for other people reporting similar things with the model but couldn't find any.
Thank you all as usual, your all great! Best helpful site on the web!
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