Re: Steer me the right way on this Samsung 245BW of epic cruddyness?

I thought I'd resurrect this thread to report a belated success! After letting it gather dust for a few months, I replaced the three 68 ohm resistors and the monitor came to life! I did not replace the capacitor that appears to be puking its guts out on the inverter board, though I know I really should...but I'm really stoked by the success so far - this was the first project of this nature I've tried, so if anyone has a similar problem and is hesitating to dive in for the first time, you can do it!

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Re: Steer me the right way on this Samsung 245BW of epic cruddyness?

Thanks for the replies, probably be early next week before I get much of a chance to work on it again but I'll try to start rounding up some supplies. I'll let you all know when I destroy it with my poor soldering skills

Geez, I've spent days reading here now, and I've come to the conclusion that Samsung must have let the new guy design the 245B[W] or something. I guess, there are a few advantages to having the one that always breaks...looks like a few folks around here just about have the schematics memorized, heh.

Anyhow, I'd appreciate if someone with more cluepons than I could look over my findings, and see if any of them are even slightly factual. I've played electricity some and only made my hair stand on end a couple times, but this is substantially beyond my previous experience. This dang...