My faithful 22" monitor died the final death..

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  1. Lightman

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    Gratz!
    Now you can open Samsung/LG repair centre and make some extra $$$ :razz:

    So how much did you spent on capacitors? I bet a bit less than new monitor would cost :wink:
     
    #21 Lightman, Sep 14, 2012
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    Congrats, well done!
     
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    Total cost was:

    $17 for a soldering iron
    $1.50 parts
    $10 shipping
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    $28.50

    I overpaid for the shipping, but I'm very impatient.

    Glorious to have it back, I haven't gamed since it broke and I had a blast re-playing Sleeping Dogs some more last night...and just now Black Mesa finally came out? It's a sign I tells ya, A SIGN!!!
     
    #23 digitalwanderer, Sep 14, 2012
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    You should change the thread title with something like died to live again.
     
    #24 Arwin, Sep 14, 2012
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    Or Digi will fix your broken stuff ;)
     
    #25 Davros, Sep 15, 2012
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    Congrats Digi that is pretty sweet work. Did you just put them directly on the board or did you extend them with wires so it would be easier to work with?
     
    #26 Sxotty, Sep 15, 2012
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    How did you recognize them as being bad? Were they surrounded by soot?

    Also what kind of caps are they? Are they the metal type on motherboards?
     
    #27 RudeCurve, Sep 15, 2012
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    Uhm, I have no idea about the extending it with wires thingy. I just removed the old caps from the board and put the new ones in the old holes, bent 'em to hold 'em in place and soldered 'em down. Surprisingly not difficult. :)

    Their tops were bulged out and not flat, that's about it.

    [​IMG]

    I found all the info out on this fine page here, really walked me all through it.
     
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    Cool thanks.
     
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    I just read this thread again. Cool work, Digi.
     
    #30 John Reynolds, Sep 24, 2012
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    Thanks John! Scary thing, it still works great and I feel like a million bucks every single time I turn it on. You just don't get that level of satisfaction buying a replacement. :)
     
    #31 digitalwanderer, Sep 29, 2012
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    Umm... I do. :blush: I love unpacking and setting up a new gadget.
     
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    It's best not to do that. While ESR isn't a big issue here, there's no point in this case.

    I hope you trimmed the tails from the back of the via holes.

    Electrolytics can fail without obvious external signs. Did you replace all three caps in the photo? Are the old caps Suscon? Well done on the repair.
     
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    Yup, forgot to mention that. Again, it really wasn't that hard...just a bit nerve wracking being a first-time thing for me. :)

    I didn't replace either of the caps in that photo I don't think, it's from a different monitor. It's just the first pict I found showing popped caps. I only replaced the two bad caps I had, they were the two "known to go bad" ones. I figured if the others go bad I can have more fun down the road replacing them, now it'll be easy. ;)
     
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    <sigh>

    And now it has a vertical red line about 3 inches from the left side that came and went for a while and is now here to stay. Did some research and it's a non-fixable issue, still new monitor time. :(
     
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    Welcome to the modern world of LCDs ;)
     
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    I chose wisely. :cool:
     
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    My Dell 3007 30" TN panel that I bought in late 2006 has been showing some really bad uneven backlighting for awhile now and I've got my eyes on this display as a replacement: http://microcenter.com/product/384780/EQ276W_27_IPS_LED_Monitor Probably go for an open box unit since I can check it out for dead pixels and save another $60.

    Can't really afford to spring for a replacement 30" these days, and the 27" has a high resolution that almost matches the 3007's 25x16 res. Plus the fact it's a IPS panel with better color gradation (blue skies in a lot of game show banding on my 3007).
     
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    Not sure I'd pick that particular model/brand myself, John:
    (My emphasis.)

    ;)
     
    #40 Grall, Mar 24, 2013
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