Re: Gateway FPD1730 - black display, green power led

Just to be sure I bought a new battery for my multimeter. Old one was 2 years expired. Now when I touch the leads together with the meter set to 200 it displays 33.8 then disappears which is what it did before the battery replacement. When I touch the leads to the sides of F1 nothing displays at all on the meter at any of the ohm settings.

Re: Gateway FPD1730 - black display, green power led



Ok, I've found it now what do I check for and how? I have a multimeter. Do I need to release the board from the frame? Remember, this is a first for me so instructions need to be explicit. What you probably take for granted, I'm seeing for the first time. Thanks in advance for the help....

Re: Gateway FPD1730 - black display, green power led

Well, it's taken me longer than expected to get this thing apart but here are the pics.

I've already replaced the monitor but would still like to get this one working again....

Re: Gateway FPD1730 - black display, green power led

Thanks for the replies. I'll pull the back off of it tonight or this weekend and get some pics. A sticker on the back of the monitor warns of high voltage. Is there anything in particular I should avoid touching? Obviously, I'll have it unplugged but is there anything that will hold voltage that I should be aware of?

Re: Gateway FPD1730 - black display, green power led

Hi all, another newb here. I'm totally, I mean TOTALLY inexperienced at working on electronics but I also like to fix stuff myself if I can. I need some help on this and you'll probably have to dumb-down your replies so I can understand them until I can get up to speed. Like many, money is tight so I don't want to buy a new monitor if I can avoid it.

I too have the FPD1730 but mine just suddenly went dark while I was away from it for 15 minutes. Came back after getting a soda and nothing on the screen. Just black....