Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW



Thanks for the reply PlainBill! I had already thrown out the Radio Shack packaging, so I decided to keep the Desoldering Tool and it worked pretty well for me; I was able to desolder the 3 bad caps and remaining 2 CapXon's last night in less than 10 minutes and all went well.

You are probably right about this not being a one time thing; I spent a lot of time in Fry's and they had a lot of cool stuff. I did get the $2.99 Fry's special you suggested and also picked up some 60/40 solder for $2.99, and I'm going to solder...

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Just wanted say that thanks to this forum, I have been able to fix my monitor for a few dollars instead of the hundreds I was going to spend replacing it. Thanks!

Bruno

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

I too would like to thank this community for helping me diagnose the problem I was experiencing with my SyncMaster 226BW Rev 0.1 monitor.

The flickering started back in the Spring and got steadily worse until this Fall when I decided to leave the monitor all the time. Not the smartest idea, I know, but it was either that or actually try and fix the thing! I had actually found this forum last spring, but the idea of desoldering/soldering seemed too daunting to attempt.

Leave it to mother nature to finally get me off my butt and...