Re: Pulsating Half Vertical line on edge of Acer AL2416W

Just in case anybody else has this display, here are the components that I had to replace on the TDK inverter board:

Q6: was P5504EDC, replaced with FDD6685 (Digikey part # FDD6685CT-ND)
Q4: was P2804BDG, replaced with FDD6690A (Digikey part # FDD6690ACT-ND)
Fuse near Q4 & Q6: 1.25A 63V Fast Acting (Digikey part # SF-1206F125-2CT-ND)
10X 100uF 35V Cap: United Chemi-Con LXZ Series (replace them all; Digikey part # 565-1979-ND)

Re: Pulsating Half Vertical line on edge of Acer AL2416W

OK, I actually have a second AL2416W that I recapped earlier, and I replaced every board except the one on the panel itself, and the problem still remains. I also tried disconnecting and reconnecting the small board on the panel (tcon?) but no avail.

I guess this means that the panel itself is bad? Does anybody have any experience with fixing this type of problem?

Hi all,

I have an Acer AL2416W that I just recapped. However, after finishing and putting everything back together, I just noticed that there is a vertical line on the right edge that goes about half way down the screen. It does not look like the typical vertical line -- it has somewhat of a pulsating glow to it. Has anybody seen anything like this before?...

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Hi all, I'm just joining the forum. I'm from Vancouver, BC. We have a recycling bin on our office building premises where other companies dump broken LCD monitors that I have been "rescuing". So far I have been able to fix about half of them by replacing leaking caps.