Hullo all, please be gentle with me as its my first post and my electrical knowledge is very basic but I'm willing to learn.

I've read the stickied post, and to be fair without pics most of it sailed over my head, but I've tested what I can.

The monitor initially started to go black occasionally when being first turned on, a simple power on and off would then rectify it and it would be fine again for days or weeks. These instances became more frequent until finally power cycling would not solve it.
After ruling out the GFX card and cabling the next logical...

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Hullo everyone,

I'm from the UK, Yorkshire to be more specific.
I've been a home tinkerer with computers since my first ZX Spectrum, great at taking things apart but not always so good at putting them back together. No formal training in anything except reprographics, I just like to try and fix things that break.

found the site whilst researching a fix for my trusty Samsung 930BF which recently died, hoping to get her back on her feet with a bit of help from you guys (or send her to landfill...