Re: vp2130b cap help

It's definitely heat related -- it starts after a minute or so of the monitor being on and I can then make it go away by cooling the back with a fan (and then make it come back by taking the fan away)

I'm the original owner, bought in July 2006. Probably on ~4 hours a day? I let windows put it into standby when I'm not using it.

Don't remember any dodgy colours or anything out of the ordinary before the flickering started.

I'll open it up again tomorrow and inspect / take pics of the boards

Re: vp2130b cap help

I've replaced all the caps on the power + invertor boards and the 1000uF one on the main board. I didn't break it (yay), but it's still showing the same flickery tearing problem.

I've noticed that the flickering/tearing depends on what's on the screen. It seems to not like white (if I have a full black screen it's ok, but a full white screen will flicker and tear)

I guess I should try replacing some of the other caps on the main board? I don't really want to spend hours replacing them all, any suggestions on which I should try ...

Re: vp2130b cap help

Thanks for the replies guys!

I think I'm going to go with retiredcaps' advice and replace all the caps just to be on the safe side...

On the power supply board, there are:
- 400V 150uF, Taicon something. Digi-key 565-1471-ND looks good to me (voltage, capacitance, temp rating match. A little longer than the taicon one, but that doesn't look like it should be a problem)
- 25V 1000uF, Rubycon ZLH. Ripple 2250, ESR 0.018. 10x23mm. Digi-key 565-1681-ND has 2360 ripple, 0.021 ESR, slightly fatter
- 50V 22uF, Ltec...

Re: vp2130b cap help

Hello folks

I also have a broken vp2130b. The problem is sort of like Splinter's: it will turn on fine but after a couple of minutes the display will start to flicker and tear (not really sure how to describe it -- it looks like a bad signal or something) then go off.

I opened it up and found some obviously bad caps:
- The CapXon ones on the invertor board (or at least I gather that's what it's called from reading this thread) -- two are bulging, one has blown out the bung on the bottom
- The green 1000uF one on the...