Re: Troubleshooting Samsung 214T

I actually use them in my Arcade Cabinets.

I won't get rid of the broken one. It is a source for parts if something other than the caps go.

Re: Troubleshooting Samsung 214T

Okay, I actually managed to get hold of a 2nd Samsung 214T.

The 2nd monitor had 4 blown caps but the display would flicker. So I took the inverter board from the 1st monitor and put it in the 2nd.

BINGO, I have 1 working monitor. Put the board from the 2nd monitor into the first and it insta-flashes.

Sounds to me like the CFFL have been killed on the 1st monitor. Sound about right?

Re: Troubleshooting Samsung 214T

I will have to do the ohms testing tomorrow. I went to do the ohms testing again and my multimeter seems to have died somehow (when set to 2k ohms with the leads not connected it reads .947 and gives me odd readings like .498 when I try to measure across the transformers).

I think my kids were playing with it again.

Re: Troubleshooting Samsung 214T



If that is the case, how come the I can always see the screen (for 2 seconds) when I disconnect either of the 2 CFFL connections but not if I actually have them all connected (aka normal operation).



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I have a Samsung 214T that went black on me a few weeks ago. After doing the flashlight test I saw the backlight was out.

When I cracked the case open, I found that the 2 820uf 25v capacitors were busted. Rather than replace capacitors piecemeal, I went ahead and ordered a complete replacement set.

After removing the old capacitors and putting in the new capacitors I hooked the monitor back up and the screen would only flash (less than half a second) and then go off (power light remained green). The flashlight test shows the monitor is showing the picture but the...