Hi. I'm a more advanced PC user, been for a long time. Building, repairing and tinkering with computer tech is my hobby, i also play PC games when i get the time. Lately trying to get more into soldering because circuit boards are getting smaller and smaller, good old soldering doesn't seem cut it anymore in the near future to home-repair tech. Registered to the forum to get access to various discussions here.

Hi! I have two of these monitors, last night i turned my pc off. Today, when turning on the pc, one of the monitors is dead aswell. Lifetime of the monitor: 2 years, 7 months. Utterly disappointed. I have minimal electric experience. I ordered the new IC401 chip to try out if that solves the issue. How would one approach desoldering, soldering the new chip? It is 2mm long, has 4 pins on each side. Seems really precise work. The chip has IAKXM written on it that i hope is the culprit. Will add some images soon. All i can say that i truly like these monitors, brilliant. 144hz, 27" and 1080p....