II have a defective dell U2311hmt unit. The monitor is older than 3 years and has no more warranty.
The screen starts flawlessly, but there is very noticeable flickering in the left part of the screen. The monitor has LED backlighting. I opened the monitor and looked at the prints. At first glance, everything looks normal: no burn marks, nor bulged caps.
Off course, this doesn't mean that the caps are all fine, but before I replace them, I wanted to ask if anyone has experience with this monitor and knows what is wrong?
EDIT: this needs to be placed in computer display subforum, can an admin change the thread. Sorry for posting it in the wrong subforum.
The screen starts flawlessly, but there is very noticeable flickering in the left part of the screen. The monitor has LED backlighting. I opened the monitor and looked at the prints. At first glance, everything looks normal: no burn marks, nor bulged caps.
Off course, this doesn't mean that the caps are all fine, but before I replace them, I wanted to ask if anyone has experience with this monitor and knows what is wrong?
EDIT: this needs to be placed in computer display subforum, can an admin change the thread. Sorry for posting it in the wrong subforum.
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...