Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

A little off-topic, but older 3007WFP models can be found cheaper potentially, if you have the source to drive them - however, you do need a dual-link DVI output as the monitors lack any of the complex electronics of the 3008, and thus cannot interpret any signal other than native 2560x1600, which neither single-link DVI nor VGA can provide (there is nothing but one DL-DVI connector on the 3007).

Otherwise, the 2560x1440 U2711 represents a more affordable compromise (£520 new, £430 refurbished) that still offers the ability to...

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

This is the same somewhat disturbing revelation I had. There's a possibility that some other fault is being 'caught' by the blowing of this diode. It's the reverse voltage rating that makes the difference though it seems, not necessarily the current load from what I've seen.

Only guess I can think of is perhaps that the cooling isn't up to par for the diode, but how that would affect things I'm not sure.
In the UK at least with RS, the 40170 and 60170 were identically priced.

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

Both my previous displays I sold to friends, a 2407FPW and 3007WFP. Both are still functioning fine at 6 years of age versus only 4 for my 3008 - I think this oversight seems only to extend to the 3008WFP version. At our LANs, almost a dozen people own 2407FPW displays from 2006-2007 and none have failed - the same is true of the one other owner of a 3007WFP. I'm not inclined to distrust Dell over this one flawed product, particularly because it is in a class of its own technology-wise. While there were several competing products to the original...

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

I had something similar, £350+VAT from a repair place, managed to haggle them to £275, but still way too much.

Bought in a pack of STPS60170CTs, set to it with a soldering iron, and 1 week later, so far so good.
It's astounding that this is so reliably the cause of these failures...

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

I just want to thank the major contributors to this thread - I'm in the same predicament and have got quite a lot to go on thanks to the posts here. Have ordered a pack of STPS60170CTs (minimum order of 5 :/) and will hopefully be taking a look at it this weekend. It's quite promising how many people have fixed the issue by changing this single component.