Hello,
i have a satellite L505 laptop with problem on the LCD monitor
there are a lot of lines in the screen and some other weird things that make the monitor useless to work.
in a few words you cannot see exactly what is displaying on the screen. the same happens even if i connect an external Vga monitor.
i haven't tried an HDMI monitor because I don't have any at the moment but i believe i will have the same results.
(i dont have any photos of the screen to show you because i took out the motherboard of the laptop to check it)
i didn't saw any problem like corrosion or burnt components so i measured with a multimeter the capacitors around the northbridge and most of them was about 22 , 23 ohms and the multimeter was beeping.
is this an acceptable value for these smd caps or there is a short circuit somewhere ?
if you have any other suggestions for what might be the problem please tell me. this is an old computer that i don't use and is good opportunity for me to learn more about troubleshooting motherboard problems.
thank you.
i have a satellite L505 laptop with problem on the LCD monitor
there are a lot of lines in the screen and some other weird things that make the monitor useless to work.
in a few words you cannot see exactly what is displaying on the screen. the same happens even if i connect an external Vga monitor.
i haven't tried an HDMI monitor because I don't have any at the moment but i believe i will have the same results.
(i dont have any photos of the screen to show you because i took out the motherboard of the laptop to check it)
i didn't saw any problem like corrosion or burnt components so i measured with a multimeter the capacitors around the northbridge and most of them was about 22 , 23 ohms and the multimeter was beeping.
is this an acceptable value for these smd caps or there is a short circuit somewhere ?
if you have any other suggestions for what might be the problem please tell me. this is an old computer that i don't use and is good opportunity for me to learn more about troubleshooting motherboard problems.
thank you.
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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