Re: Samsung 245BWProblems

Hi Patrick I bought 2 new ones for $200 a couple of years ago and the rest used for about $150 each. Someone told me the dell was good. Forget the model number. I haven't really tried many others. I did buy a newer Samsung 27 inch on ebay a couple of months ago but it had terrible resolution so returned it.


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DJ

Re: Samsung 245bw No Power No LED

Hi, read this I have had 3 of these suckers go out and replaced two power supplies and up and running again. I'm going to get a third supply...What's your time worth?

[url]https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22039&highlight=245BW[/url]

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Re: Samsung 245BWProblems

**Update on this today**

Some history:

Ok, so 3 monitors out of 9 failed and I bought another and now have 10. I need these screens for trading multiple futures instruments so had 8 for the main trading rig plus another for a spare PC. I lost one on the main rig so moved the one from the spare PC to the main rig. Then I lost two more and was down to 6 which was a problem. Bought another one and have been trading with only 7 which has been a problem.

I took a punt and ordered two power supplies from ebay and installed...

Re: Samsung 245BWProblems

Does anybody know of later model 24inch monitors that have the same or similar picture quality for 2D non gaming work and are more reliable? This failure issue is a little annoying and am afraid all 9 could go up in smoke...

Thanks
DJ

Re: Samsung 245BWProblems

Update on this. In total I have 9 of these same monitors. Two had failed, now a third one failed yesterday, all the same symptoms - blue power light stays on but no picture present. I've ordered two new power supply boards at a cost of $57 each with free shipping on the basis probably 2 of the 3 have bad power supplies and whole new power supplies should last longer than just changing caps or resistors. Will update when I have received and installed the new power supplies.

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DJ

Re: Samsung 245BWProblems

Thanks Selldoor for the quick response and the link. Hadn't seen that thread but saw the others. Ok so I tested the resistors and all were 67 ohms so no luck there.....I will order these power supply boards and install them and report back.

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DJ

Hi guys. Great forum. I have 2 of these 245BW monitors which have failed and would like to try and fix them if possible. They were bought used and have no idea how old they are.

Both have the same problem. When turning on the blue power light stays on but no picture appears even for a second. When one stopped working it made a slight loud "tick noise" which I thought could be a fuse.

I have taken that monitor apart up and tested the fuses which are fine. No bulging capacitors and resistors look fine as well. I'm thinking I could spend many hours on this testing...