Hello, all. My name is Bruce. I'm new here, but an old hand at electronics. My dad was a T.V./radio/electronics repairman.(BPCB)
I was given this monitor as "payment" for hooking up a neighbors new 19" and I use it as a second monitor. When I first hooked it up, it took about 10 mins to come on, with the power light blinking green. I experimented with turning it off nightly, and it took longer each time to kick in. I then left it on all the time, and covered the front with a towel to block out the light at night.
The other night, we had a major t-storm and the wife turned off all the computers, monitors, etc. Now the monitor will not come on at all, just sits there with the power light blinking green. I was looking around to see if this is even worth trying to fix, and found this site. After much browsing and a search, I found a few threads with similar problems, and tried a few of the suggestions, (powering off at the plug, disconnecting VGA cable with power on) and it's still doing the same thing. I never thought about the possibility of bad caps, but it seems feasible.
Would it be worth trying to fix, or not? Unit is about 4 years old,(Jan 06) but my old crt main monitor is about 10 and still working, although a bit dim.
I'll have to see if I can find my old soldering equipment as well.
Thanks.
I was given this monitor as "payment" for hooking up a neighbors new 19" and I use it as a second monitor. When I first hooked it up, it took about 10 mins to come on, with the power light blinking green. I experimented with turning it off nightly, and it took longer each time to kick in. I then left it on all the time, and covered the front with a towel to block out the light at night.
The other night, we had a major t-storm and the wife turned off all the computers, monitors, etc. Now the monitor will not come on at all, just sits there with the power light blinking green. I was looking around to see if this is even worth trying to fix, and found this site. After much browsing and a search, I found a few threads with similar problems, and tried a few of the suggestions, (powering off at the plug, disconnecting VGA cable with power on) and it's still doing the same thing. I never thought about the possibility of bad caps, but it seems feasible.
Would it be worth trying to fix, or not? Unit is about 4 years old,(Jan 06) but my old crt main monitor is about 10 and still working, although a bit dim.
I'll have to see if I can find my old soldering equipment as well.
Thanks.
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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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