Re: Samsung SyncMaster 931BW will not power on.

Thanks Bill.

I have fixed my monitor.
Turns out it was only the Green 1000uf 16v capcitor.
Took the monitor to work and had a look around the back on the deceased LCD monitors and motherboards.

Found a motherboard which appeared to have the correct capacitors I needed.
So I took out the green 1000uf 16v capacitor from the monitor an replaced it with the one I took off the motherboard.

My monitor is now working but.....

What I thought was a 1000uf 16v turned out to...

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 931BW will not power on.

My apologies for attaching the attachment as an img within the post.

I work at a computer store but never dabbled with monitors on this level before besides replacing inverters on laptops with back light issues.

I live in New Zealand and I think we have a place which sells them called Jaycar
[url]http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productResults.asp?CATID=51&SUBCATID=859&keyform=CAT&SUBMIT.x=29&SUBMIT.y=8[/url]
Could you check this link to see if I am looking at the right type of capacitor?...

Hi I'm new to the forum as my LCD monitor appears to have given up the ghost today.

I remember months ago when I took out the DVI adaptor the monitor would make a high pitched squealing noise.
I never heard this sound before.
Sounded like a cap squeal.
So today when I came back from EB after buying DiRT 3 I find my monitor now doesn't go.

I stripped the monitor apart and found a cap has bulged.
I have attached an image with the one cap which has bulged.
It's a CapXor 1000uf 10v radial.


I decided to plug...