Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW



I guess I got lucky then, I replaced the caps and now I instantly get the picture at full brightness and no more fades to white.

The parts store had all the caps I needed, although I had to go for slightly higher voltages on the 820uF (35V instead of 25V) and 47uF (63V instead of 50V) caps. Overall it cost me a total of $7.94 CDN to bring my monitor back to life. ...

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW

I also have a 225BW which just started acting up a month after the warranty expired! My 225BW seems to have slightly different symptoms than the others though, I turn it on and the whole screen fades to white spreading from the center outwards, and I have to wait for 30 seconds to a minute on white screen before turning it off and then on again to get the picture back; Otherwise I have to cycle the power button on and off 5 or 6 times.
I opened up the monitor today and 5 of the caps are swollen with 3 of them having a bit of brown on top. I will...