Finally pulled out the seven vx2835wm's I got last year. With help from this forum I've replaced all the caps on the power boards including the big filter cap as well as the two suggested caps on the video boards. Five are now working.

I know, I should probably cut my losses and dump the last two but I can't stop.

So in testing, I have three bad boards (pics below). They were all tested in two of the good working monitors including all good cables. I tested the voltage with a DMM. The power boards unconnected and connected to a good video board.

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Hello to all,

Long time lurker, first time poster. Just a quick hello and intro.

I hit the motherload of a "barn find" last year. Guy was moving out and was de-hoarding everything he brought home from the huge firm he worked at. Most of it was dead parts or so old to be unviable (300mhz laptops anyone?). I took most of the van load to Goodwill recycling and am working on fixing up the rest. I'm no stranger to a soldering iron and multimeter but have no diagnostic skills to speak of. ...