Bad CCFL lamps, and I had purchased a set form CCFL Warehouse .com. but

I tested the lamps on a known good working monitor testing unit, which worked perfectly until i connected the lamps with the two bulb connector, one bulb would work ok on the unit with only one new bulb, and the others were the originals.
I purchased originally the 2.6 mm X 470 mm. bulbs, which did almost the same shuttdown on the good 2185W monitor test unit. Re-orderd a custom built bulb, 2.4 mm. X 467 mm. which actually made the shutdown quicker and one of the bulbs was not at full illumination on...

Re: Gateway FPD2485W - capacitor related?

Give it a try and see how the photo turns out.... you will not need a magnifying glass to see the detail on the board, but it does work for me.

I use ACDsee as a photo viewer and editor that works great for viewing the files produced.

Too bad this forum didn't continue this is one of the best forums i had come across, really knowledgeable input from so many.

Re: Gateway FPD2485W - capacitor related?

Is this the end of this discussion?

Re: Gateway FPD2485W - capacitor related?

As to high resolution photos for personal use, I have found that for real close inspection of board and components. I use my scanner for documents do an excellent job, if you only need a head on photo of the units. But this results in a monster file size, at higher resolution scans like 2400.

How do we convert a set of numbers on the original component, to a useable number to find on digikey or mouser website when trying to locate parts? Is there a conversion book available for this purpous?