Re: Samsung Syncmaster 245BW

You guys are amazing! I have a friend's dead 245BW, and, after looking at the Caps, didn't see any that looked bad, so I came here. After reading through posts about the burned out resistor RB805, I checked mine, and it was dead open. It did not show visible signs of burns or charring, but it was dead nonetheless.

The original resistor is 68ohm 1/2w, but all I had on hand that was close is a 45ohm 1/4w. This brought the monitor back to life, and I am going to run a burn-in test tonight. If there's a problem that contributed to RB805's burn-out,...