Re: Help with Acer P235H

Thanks for the help Bill.. I do have a couple other monitors so I'll give that a shot.
I think before I tear another one open I'll finish disassembly of this one down to the ccfl wiring.

Will update in a day or two lol

Re: Help with Acer P235H

Daylight pics of board:...

Re: Help with Acer P235H

451 ohms on first 453 ohms on second.

The two closeup shots were to show the part number and number of connections on the transformers. I thought that might help someone crossref them with something else.

Re: Help with Acer P235H

which ones are the secondaries? each transformer has 2 connectors on one side and 6 on the other.

Symptoms: Monitor powers on, displays desktop from ~5 seconds to ~5 minutes, then goes black. Cycling power button restores image for variable amount of time.
Image visible with heavy light.

Troubleshooting done so far: Fuse is good. No obviously burned or broken components. The board shows signs of overheating around 3 transformers.

Repair done so far: I replaced all of the large caps on the board with new ones.

I know nothing about diagnostics, but I can solder/de-solder and I can follow instructions.

I thought to replace the...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello from Colorado..

I repaired my first LCD monitor (a 2yr old LG) a couple years ago by scavenging capacitors from an old motherboard. I am happy to say it's still working fine.

A few months ago two newer monitors (Samsung and Acer) died and last week I decided to dive into them.
I came across this site while searching for a list of good/crap caps and found that caps are sold here as well. So I ordered a re-cap for both and finished installing them today.

The good: Samsung's...