Broken monitor

[pembquist]

Anybody familiar with fixing monitors? I have a LG flatiron 1930b that I like and it just went black. The only test I have done is to plug it into another computer, still black and plug a different monitor into the first computer, it works. Also there is no menu or anything when you push the buttons on it. Light is green as opposed to yellow when it is asleep. Does this monitor have a replaceable illuminating part? Thanks for any help.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

A multitude of things could have gone wrong with your monitor. Someone with a bit of electronics skills might be able to fix it but if you have no prior experience you'll probably end up just breaking it more.

Monitors are dirt cheap, most likely you can buy a new monitor for the price it would take for someone to fix it for you.

[morfiend]

 Most monitors are fairly simple,a circuit board and a PSU,although the PSU is unlike the type you find in a computer!  If you are the curious type,open the back and take a look,I'd suspect a bad capacitor, Just be very careful to not touch anything as there could be stored power that can and will bite you!


  As has been mentioned it's likely cheaper to buy a new monitor than have your's fixed but it still wouldnt hurt to find out how much it might cost!



   

[BaldEagl]

As to getting it repaired I had a little 8" portable AC/DC color TV I really liked.  One day I switched it on and it switched right back off.  Every time I hit the power it would start then switch right back off in under a second.  I called a local TV repair shop and they wanted $100 just to look at it.  Now it's in a closet until I get around to bringing it to the hazerdous waste recycling center.

I know it's not exactly the same but I'd just buy a new one.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

As to getting it repaired I had a little 8" portable AC/DC color TV I really liked.  One day I switched it on and it switched right back off.  Every time I hit the power it would start then switch right back off in under a second.  I called a local TV repair shop and they wanted $100 just to look at it.  Now it's in a closet until I get around to bringing it to the hazerdous waste recycling center.

I know it's not exactly the same but I'd just buy a new one.

My late father was a genius in fixing electronics. When he was still alive nobody in my neighbourhood had problems like this, he would fix them for the price of a coffee cup or even free. Too bad I don't share his talent.

Some of his fixes created small legends locally, as one time when he was asked to fix a TV, he showed up with a soldering iron and after analysing the circuit board by pressing it with his wetted finger as he usually did, he asked for a safety pin and fixed the tv using that (he knew they wouldn't have electric wire around). Another case was a radio that someone dropped to the sea. A company electrician had spent two weeks trying to fix it without success, my father got it working in 15 minutes.

He was such a weird guy, on the other hand a drunk bastard and also a wizard in fixing anything. Cars, furniture, tools, electronics - I never saw him fail once.

Anywhoo, if you know a local electronics guy maybe he could take a look and fix it for peanuts. Often these problems are very easy to fix for people who know their stuff.

[Bizman]

I've got a friend much similar to MrRipley's late father. He's a trained electrician, too, and I've often used his services to fix a monitor. From what he has told me, there can be many things that fail. The failing capacitors are easy to repair, often also easy to diagnose by the leaking bulge. A line output transformer can be harder to fix, they may even be brand and model specific to further complicate the repair. An inverter board (not used in LED screens) may be easy to change if you find a spare. A broken background light may also be the culprit. That's also easy to diagnose: The orange led will turn and stay green when you turn your computer on and you can see what the computer is doing by looking at the monitor from an angle towards, cross or along with any light source. That's also quite difficult to fix.

So if it's not a swollen capacitor problem (spare kits available in ebay!) you'd better get a new monitor. And remember what Morfiend said:

be very careful to not touch anything as there could be stored power that can and will bite you!

[Meatwad]

I have replaced a few capacitors in various things. They are pretty easy to do