Re: Dell E172fpb

Final summation: FIXED

i too had this [COLOR="Red"]DELL[/COLOR] E172fpb with BenQ board inside.

triple THANKS to all who contributed to the 24 pages of input, i read most of it, i think that took longer than the actual repair. Surprisingly not a "bad-caps" issue ! (they all looked and tested fine)

i found the usual suspects 2SC5707 transistors near the output (backlight - driving) transformers, replaced the pair, and reflow'd all the solder in these 2 sections. Its been on for an hour and YES... (cue...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

HELLO GANG
- CANADIAN.
- hobbyist over 3 decades - too many old parts, can you say TTL ?
- old enough... to know better
- used to teach electronics
- been into computers forever !
- OK - well, all versions of DOS, Windoze starting at 95, then 98-98SE-2000-XP-7
- played with Linux: ubuntu and lately Linux MINT
- virtual machines are a hoot too
- first single board computer was a KIM-1 ! WHO had one of those ???
- love computers, built MANY, gotta love the...