Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

Took the foray into removing the bad caps off my power board and replaced with the rubycons I had gotten.
Quick test and YAY monitor no longer flickers at startup. I'm going to go around and replace the remainder of the original caps with the rubycons I've got.

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

So I was on au.element14.com and got the caps I wanted in the basket and it came to $34 AU. $12.50 of that was shipping. thought to myself I wonder what badcaps charges. Just under $18 shipped.
Now to wait for them to arrive and I can get myself some practice on a test kit

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

So could the crud on the legs be thermal paste that has run hot and melted down the legs coating them?
If that is the case once I have the caps on, rubbing alcohol will sort that out and maybe some new thermal paste as well.

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

Ok this photo appears better...

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

Picture from above and showing that D104 chip as well. The legs of that don't appear too crash hot.
Anyone replaced that before? Appears to have either glue or thermal paste on the rear of it onto the heatsink. Blulging caps are visible here as well....

Re: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

Well my beloved Samsung Syncmaster 226BW started the dreaded light flickering. Then it started off with a very black screen and then very fast flickering gradually slowing taking about 5 minutes for the picture to stabilise. Last symptom I saw before dismantling was half the screen being brighter that the other before stabilising.

So I cracked it open and sure enough the 820uF capacitors are bulging. I'm sourcing capacitors on au.element14.com and have got the following capacitors in my basket
RUBYCON 25ZLH820MEFC10X20 820uF...