Re: Sceptre Shlepter

I decided to plug the monitor into an external switch, to avoid using the power button on the back. It's been 2 days now, and it's worked perfectly. It looks like it was a button issue...maybe. Time will tell. Odd how it acted the same as a cap issue though...
Thanks to all of you that posted advice, if it craps out again, we'll go from there.
Mike

Re: Sceptre Shlepter

Hey-
instead of a loose connection somewhere, maybe it was the opposite? Could one of those buttons on the back have been stuck so that the contacts of the button were constantly together instead of separating when the button is released? (did that make sense?) and my playing with the buttons got the contacts to separate? Like I said, I'm no expert. Just throwing out ideas...
Mike

Re: Sceptre Shlepter

Ok, here's the deal. I stuck everything back together to get a better idea what the power led would show through this process. I plugged it in, and got a nice image for about 1 second, and then blankness. The power led stayed constant and blue, just as it does when the monitor is working properly. I played with the buttons on the rear right of the monitor case (settings, volume, etc) and I noticed that after I pressed a button, after 2 seconds or so, the monitor would come on again, then go off after 1 second. Very odd. After I did this a few times, the stupid...

Re: Sceptre Shlepter

Turn on the monitor, it shows normal desktop image, then image just shuts off like I had just hit the power button. No weirdness, no pink hue.
Have no spare CCFL. Will check connections and post pic of back later tonight.
Why is the date code odd?
Mike

Re: Sceptre Shlepter

Now that I see the camera images, it looks like the smaller cap to the right of the other 4 in pic #38 might be a bit puffed up. Doesn't look like the photos I've seen of blown caps though...but i'm no expert. When it is turned on, the display looks just fine, it just only stays on for a second or less. Turning it off then on again does the same thing every time, an image of the desktop for about 1 second, then blank screen. I don't remember if the power led stays constant, or blinks, or what else...it is disassembled right now, is the led a critical sign to...

Re: Sceptre Shlepter

ok, got it open...
The problem I have is that after turning the monitor on, it only stays on for about 1 second, then goes blank. In multiple online forums, I've read this is typically the capacitors. Now that I can see them, there is no visible damage to the caps at all that I can see. The ones that I read that are the culprits are right by the power plug, and there are 4 of them, a 35V 470uf, and three 10v 1000uF. None have any bulges, top or bottom, no leakage, and none are leaning like they would if the plug was blown out. So is it possible one or...

Re: Sceptre Shlepter

Thanks

I guess I'm having the same problem plaguing everyone who has ever purchased one of these has experienced...I need to replace some or all of the caps in this thing. The problem is that I don't want to beat the hell out of the case opening it up. I assume there is a trick to it? Inserting tools in the right place maybe? Thanks for any advice. It's a x22wg by the way.