{"id":1399,"date":"2012-06-09T21:21:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T05:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k7nvh.com\/wordpress\/?p=178"},"modified":"2012-06-09T21:21:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T05:21:01","slug":"monitor-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"Monitor Troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, for a while now one of my two monitors has had an issue where upon power up, the backlight would flicker for a short time then would run normally. However, in recent history it&#8217;s been getting worse in that the backlight would flicker for longer and longer. Until this morning, when the backlight wouldn&#8217;t turn on at all.<\/p>\n<p>Great&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously once you&#8217;ve got two monitors you can never go back one, so I either had to replace it or fix it. A friend of mine over at <a href=\"http:\/\/xzzxy.net\/\">xzzxy.net<\/a>\u00a0recently picked up some free monitors that had a similar issue and he found they were repairable by replacing some capacitors. So,\u00a0I decided I&#8217;d try to fix it.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1399 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2493.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2493-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2493-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2493-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2493-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1354'>\n\t\t\t\tIt Worked!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2489.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2489-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2489-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2489-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2489-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1353'>\n\t\t\t\tMonitor Panel + Circuitry\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2483.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2483-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2483-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2483-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2483-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1352'>\n\t\t\t\tMonitor Panel\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2479.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2479-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2479-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2479-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2479-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1351'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Circuit Boards\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2473.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2473-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2473-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2473-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2473-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1350'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Power Supply\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2471.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2471-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2471-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2471-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2471-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1349'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Problem Children\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2467.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2467-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2467-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2467-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2467-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1348'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Problem Children\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Anyway, as you can see from the pictures, I replaced the two problematic capacitors, re-assembled the monitor, powered it up and it worked!<\/p>\n<p>So $3 worth of capacitors fixed my monitor, that would would have cost $200 to replace. Glad I know how to work with electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, for a while now one of my two monitors has had an issue where upon power up, the backlight would flicker for a short time then would run normally. 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