Re: Samsung Syncmaster 932B

The exact symptom was the monitor was in use pretty much every day for over 2 years. Then two nights ago, it went blank. No warning, no intermittent, just dark. Turning off the power and waiting, it comes on for about 5-8 seconds then back light goes dark. It does stay on a little longer, maybe 10 seconds when it's cold (off for more than an hour) and that goes down to 5 sec as it gets warmer, so sounds like a component problem or lamp

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 932B

Being a Lab Tech at heart, I couldn't give up on the troubleshooting. Reading other posts about the "flash light test" I did it and I have a picture, but the back light driver has gone South, I am thinking this because if a single BL went out, I would assume I would have a dim picture, ALL the back lights, I assume would mean the problem is in power supply itself, which is what all the posts point to. Thanks to all for the help, most educational.

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 932B

jetadm123 -Great advice about parting out monitor - I was going to turn it in to E waste - turning it in to dollars is a MUCH better idea. Thanks !

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 932B

Thanks for the feedback, VERY HELPFUL. It's coming down to time and money. The transformer looked like it was the most straight forward fix and that's $70 on eBay but that's not the problem. Who knows how much a back light would cost and finding, ordering and replacing a bunch of caps isn't the way I want to spend my weekend. I may suck it up and buy another monitor - maybe not Samsung this time. Any thoughts on reliability of other brands?

Re: Samsung Syncmaster 932B

I have a similar problem to Diablo Rojo, which, reading the posts, seems to be common. Monitor fine until last night, then on for 5-8 seconds then black - no back light, no display. Plugged Monitor into my old PC and problem follows monitor. Looking at the posts for help, I checked the transformer and got about 900 ohms across both the primary and secondary of the transformer mentioned in this post so it appears that's not the problem. There's nothing burned, nothing looks bad, I checked the caps on the board with an ohm meter and they act like caps -...

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Doing to required This is Me post so I can get access to this great web site. I just found it this morning after my TWO YEAR OLD SAMSUNG monitor decided to do it's part to save energy and only run for 5-8 seconds at a time. Can't get much done like that, even if you type fast. Background electrical engineering and manufacturing in North County San Diego. Rock On, Hartpunch