Re: Alternative to KA 431AZ

Thanks budm

Re: Alternative to KA 431AZ

Thanks for the reply. What about the letters AFTER the numbers, as in KA431 vs KA431A do they make any difference?

Hi, I'm very new to this electronics game. My experience so far is replacing a capacitor on a flat screen tv and replacing 3 diodes in a monitor. So I'm 2/2 in my attempted fixes career

Equipment: Cheap soldering iron; digital multimeter.

There was a power cut in my house and when it came back on, my Dell 2408 WFP 24" monitor had no picture, just varying colour lines and (I think) a mainly green screen, which eventually went black.

I can't see any obvious damage to the boards, but one thread on this site suggested the shunt regulator at position...

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Hi, my 372 flat screen tv frightened the life out of me about 6 years ago. I was sitting quietly in my lounge, when the tv let out a series of LOUD cracks, something like a Chinese firecracker sound. After that, sometimes it would be ok, sometimes no sound or no picture. Even with the volume muted, the cracking sound could still appear.

Anyway, a bit of googling and a few Youtube videos later and I decided to open up my first tv/monitor. I couldn't see anything obvious, and all the capacitors looked ok (I was hoping...