Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply



You guys are enormously helpful!!

Back from Christmas & family stuff, I'm going to read through all of this.

My experiences from the past:
1. The longer the monitor had been switched off completely, the longer it took to start up (screen remained black for half a minute).
2. The flickering (till now) occured only after hibernate mode (orange LED); which I hardly ever used.

This makes me think that the monitor may have been faulty for much longer than I previously...

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

This forum is *very* helpful!
I will certainly follow those nicely detailed & photographed steps; thanks for the links.

However the plot thickens. Yesterday the following went down:

1. I kept the monitor (while in failure mode) on for a while *without* any signal being sent to it.
2. All of a sudden, the screen pops up again! (blue screen: no signal)
3. Connecting the DVI cable with a signal on it makes it go back into failure mode (i.e. black).
4. *Disconnecting* that same cable makes...

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply


Thanks for your quick response!

I tried once again, room completely darkened (accept for a blue LED..), to see something of an image (flashlight under various angles) when it is black. I didn't see anything.

When I switched on the monitor, it lit up properly (good image) for about 3 seconds this time. Repeatedly switching off and on again gives me a good image for about half a second after it turns black.

Windows properly recognizes the device (Dell 3008 WFP) during failure mode. When changing...

Re: Dell 3008wfp faulty power supply

Hi,

My name is Fabian, yet another unhappy owner of a faulty 3008 WFP. Mine showed somewhat peculiar behavior before failing altogether:

1. Over the past few months before total failure, the screen remained black for the first minute or so, after which it lighted up normally. The LED remained blue during this failure mode.
2. Just before total failure (the same day) the image flickered (mostly the bottom half). It didn't show distortion, just strong brightness fluctuations.
3. The total failure mode...