Re: Dell 2005FPW turns off and on, Flickering





Thanks for the link, but I've read that already. You may be on to something, because I could have sworn with every "Blink" you could see something spark/flash if you looked through the little holes on the rear side of the monitor, could be arcing. How should I go about checking the backlight to confirm if this may be the problem....

Re: Dell 2005FPW turns off and on, Flickering



THe monitors apart right now and I don't plan to put it back together untill my tools come in.

(I cut my hand something terrible opening it. THose clips to remove the bezel must have been designed by evil scientists. The forks on the end may as well be the devil's pitchfork)

But yes, effecting the brightness did effect the monitor.

If I lowered the brightness, the whining would slowly stop or change in pitch but once I rasied it again it would start switching off and on. I...

Re: Dell 2005FPW turns off and on, Flickering

Heres the pictures. Excuse the god-awful quality but its the best I can get.

One is of the logic board from the front, the other is the power board from the rear. I have to go really soon so I'll upload the rest once I get home.


Supposedly the flickering is because of cap c635 and c637. Both of them appear fine from the outside but I've read many websites and other posts stating that those cause the flickering and replacing them will solve the problem. The brand name is Sam Young.

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I have a Dell monitor, a 2005fpw. It used to work fine untill a year go. A long time ago, it would very rarely "Reboot". The screen would go black for a breif seocnd, then the Dell "Image Perfection" screen would come up, and everything would be fine. THis may be accompinied by a loud "Whine" or "hiss" noise. This got MUCH worse over the past few months.

Now when starting it up, the screen is EXTREMELY flickery on a cold start. Example [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh-7-6Yb0Oc[/url]

The flickering slowly goes away. I ordered...