Re: Help me find CCFL replacement bulbs for my monitor please



Ya, it's looking like a dead end for me. I do see people selling these monitors on ebay for parts, but there's no real way to know what has gone bad on those. I'd likely buy one for parts and it would have bad lamps too.

I guess I'll have to wait until I can afford a new monitor, and be thankful I still have a working one. I had gotten very used to having 2 monitors, its frustrating going back to one lol.

Thanks a lot for the help....

Re: Help me find CCFL replacement bulbs for my monitor please



That is how they look pretty much exactly. All 4 bulbs are blackened on the end where they connect to the wires.

I wasn't aware that they were soldered in place. Just from looking at it I thought they would just slide in/out. I have no experience soldering at all. I suppose I'm going to have to try and find bulbs with a wiring harness. Should I be searching for replacement bulbs for that monitor's model number, or do I just need to find one of the appropriate size?

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I have a dell E196FPf / E197FPf 19'' LCD monitor which recently died. I have extensive pc build/repair experience, but I have never worked on an LCD before. After spending some time on this, and other, forums I've come to believe it is the CCFL lamps that are the problem.

When the monitor first went on the fritz, it would light up for a second and then go dark, if I gave it a couple of whacks (I know, that's terrible) it would come on and then stay lit up perfectly fine until I turned the monitor off again.

After a couple of weeks of smacking it every day, that finally...