Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW

Update: I finally managed to successfully replace the old capacitors with the new capacitors I bought off digikey. I hooked up my monitor, and what do you know. The EXACT same problem occurs. The screen lit up, displaying the windows XP starting screen in its full 22" glory and seconds later it shut off, destroying my hopes and dreams. I tried turning it on and off a few times as I did before and it still wouldn't work. The power button stays on, but the screen cuts off.

Now, to make matters even worse, I finally gave up and switched...

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW

Thanks for the help. Quick question though, is the little bit of blackening on the circuit board around the soldering joint a sign of a broken PCB? In other words, if I see blackening around the solder joint on the PCB is it completely ruined?

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW

Still not working. Tried putting some solder between the solder joint and the tip of my iron to no avail. The solder I add seems to melt but I can't get it to melt all the way through enough for me to pop the leg of the capacitor out. I've also noticed that right around the joint it's a little blackened which I assume means I've already damaged the circuit board beyond repair. Good job samsuck!

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW

Thank you two VERY VERY much! I will try your suggestion, Bill. Also, just a quick question. I am pretty damn sure it's a bad idea to take a 150 watt soldering gun to a PCB but the thought momentarily popped into my frustrated mind as I was trying to melt that damn solder joint... So my question is, if I can't get the joint to melt with my 30 watt iron, would taking my soldering GUN to it be a reasonable option?

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW

I have the same problem so I went out and bought replacement caps that correspond to the bad ones and I went ahead and bought a new soldering iron to do the job...

My problem is I can't desolder the bad caps from the pcb because the solder that's used to keep them in place won't melt AT ALL. I've tinned the tip of my soldering iron by coating it in a thin layer of solder as I heard that helps heat transfer and I've had my iron plugged in for around 15 minutes now but I STILL can't melt the solder on the PCB after holding the tip of my...