I have spent the greater part of the last two days looking over this excellent forum regarding a debug/repair/enhancement strategy for the power supply in the HP 1955 LCD monitor (which goes under the Benq project code of 48.L1A02.A00).

I have concluded that the 2SC5707 transistors require replacement (two are shorted) as well as the 5A pico fuse (replace with a 3A). I have resoldered all thru-hole connections on the PWB (especially the transformers) and found several cracked solder joints in the process. I have removed the Royer oscillator tuning caps and verified out-of-circuit...