Gateway fpd2485w

[azack]

I have the monitor all tore apart. My issue is it will power on and show the gateway logo for a second then show the desktop for half a second, then black screen. The power light is still on and blue. Going to radio shack to see if they have the caps I need. I'll keep you guys posted. Disregard the 125* caps thing I borrowed the pic found alot of other fixes for this monitor but they have a different board. Hope the caps will fix it.

[PlainBill]

Re: Gateway fpd2485w

I have the monitor all tore apart. My issue is it will power on and show the gateway logo for a second then show the desktop for half a second, then black screen. The power light is still on and blue. Going to radio shack to see if they have the caps I need. I'll keep you guys posted. Disregard the 125* caps thing I borrowed the pic found alot of other fixes for this monitor but they have a different board. Hope the caps will fix it.

You have what is known as the 'Two seconds to black' problem. Save your time, Radio Shack doesn't carry caps that will help. At one time Radio Shack had a good line of merchandise. Eisenhower was President at that time.

Pictures of someone else's monitor don't do any good. For what it's worth, the caps in this picture look fine.

My advice, post good quality top and bottom pictures of the power supply board, and of the inverter. If the caps on your board are not bulging it could be a bad CCFL or a bad transformer. With decent pictures I can give you clues to determine which is at fault.

PlainBill