Re: Dell 2408WFPb: faulty TCon or main board?

Final update: I was able to fix it with a new main board from Aliexpress.

Re: Dell 2408WFPb: faulty TCon or main board?

Update on this:

I removed the main board and I found a strange oily liquid on what I assume is a thermal pad on the bottom. It does not seem to conduct electricity. I am not sure if it is a problem, but it doesn't seem good. Pictures attached.

I bought one of those universal LVDS drivers for £5 from ebay and with some fiddling I was able to get it to work, so it seems the t-con is not faulty.

The main board gets quite hot just from being powered so I don't think adding more heat is going...

The previous owner gave me this broken monitor, saying "the picture is distorted".

They shipped it to me by courier, during which time it was probably kept in a cold warehouse.

On arrival I plugged it in and it worked fine on VGA and HDMI. I noted that when no signal is applied, the monitor cycles between solid colours: red, green, blue, black, white.

I forgot about it for a while. Next time I plugged it in was a different story. The on-screen display was extremely distorted. It just looked like noise, and after a few seconds it disappeared...

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