Re: Flashing Samsung Syncmaster 205BW

Hey!! It worked!! I replaced all the caps on the board with Panasonic parts ordered from Digikey. My heart started to pound as I turned it on and then plugged it in. I held my breathe and waited for the expected !Poof!.... No Poof happened. As a mater of fact, it didn't do anything but work the way it is supposed to. Wow! I got my monitor back!

Re: Flashing Samsung Syncmaster 205BW

Here is the corrected list:

Location Quantity Value Size C Number on side

C261 and C263 (2) 1000µf 25V 10x20mm C636 "The bad ones"
C301 (1) 470µf 35V 10x16mm C634
C265 (1) 470µf 25V 10x16mm C636
C232 (1) 1µf 50V 5.25x11mm C632
C123 (1) 10µf 50V 5.25x11mm C636
C114 (1) 120µf 450V 18x42mm C636

The first C is the location on the PCB. The C636, C634, and C632 is on the side of the capacitor and I have no idea...

Re: Flashing Samsung Syncmaster 205BW

Here is a shot of the board....

I have the same problem as many others have had with their Samsung Syncmaster 205bw. It started being persnickety when I would first turn on the computer. The screen would be black for 6 seconds then flash on for half a second then go black again. The power light would also flash in sync with screen. The monitor, after about 10 min of flashing, would come on. A little inconvenient but doable. Started getting worse over a period of 2 months and now won't come on at all and just continues to flash.

I opened up the back and got the power supply out and looks like two Capxon 1000µf...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hey all! Found this site while searching for info on my Samsung 205bw flashing screen problem. Sounds like a common situation for sure! I first thought I had a bad video card or driver and put off messing with it because the monitor worked most of the time. Now it just sits there and winks and blinks at me, not in a good way.

I live on the left coast, in Oregon, USA and have been puttering with electronics and things since I was knee high to a short frog. I have no real training in electronics but tons of practical...