Re: No Power Dell U2410 Monitor

Thank you budm for the quick reply!

Here are my results. Are these fine and is there anything else that may be bad like the PFC IC (I851?)?
[LIST][*]RT851 shows ~3 Ohm[*]There is residual V over C854 (from other capacitors?), so no short over the PFC if I understand the question (to check R between "Catode side and the primary Ground ref").[*]FR851 is ~1 Ohm.[*]I am unsure of what to do with Q853. I couldn't get an R measurement, but it seems both S and G are ~grounded and none of the pins shorted (I guess there could...

Re: No Power Dell U2410 Monitor

Hi Guys!

Starting my monitor during normal usage (front button poweroff), a short loud humming sound ended in a bang and black smoke.
The only casualty I can find (looking at the non-component side) seem to be diode D856.

From pics and the remains I pieced it together as an 1N5406.

A) Does any of you think this is caused by a broken component elsewere that I should replace so that it does not happen again (or something worse does)?
B) Any quality issues I should consider when I pick up a new...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

I'm Hampus from Sweden. I am rather new to this game, but I've played around with electronics since forever. I'm really bad at soldering, so I have hitherto mostly gotten help for that chipping my Wii and replacing caps on an MB and a LAN switch.