Sweet! Scored a nice Samsung 32" LCD

[stereorob]

cool! a lcd tv for 50 bucks? cant beat that!!

[Ed in Tx]

Looks like a 2200 uFd/16V 105°C Low ESR cap would fit the bill there. I wonder how many LCD sets get junked for a capacitor?

[NJRoadfan]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

Looks like a 2200 uFd/16V 105°C Low ESR cap would fit the bill there. I wonder how many LCD sets get junked for a capacitor?

LOTS if its a Samsung. I have a 19" one here thats sitting in the basement. Eventually I'll spend the $30 and see if its a bad power brick (its external). There really aren't any caps in the set itself, I think the small PCB the power switch is on is bad though. Getting replacement parts, or even another dead/broken monitor has proven impossible.

[VintagePC]

Originally Posted by NJRoadfan

LOTS if its a Samsung. I have a 19" one here thats sitting in the basement. Eventually I'll spend the $30 and see if its a bad power brick (its external). There really aren't any caps in the set itself, I think the small PCB the power switch is on is bad though. Getting replacement parts, or even another dead/broken monitor has proven impossible.

If it's a 960BF, check the surface mount fuse. Those can go bad and prevent the backlight from coming on while the rest of the display still works.

Also, just to add to the thread. Had one of my 206BWs die. Bad caps in the P/S, so I ordered up some and did an across-the-board replacement on all three of those monitors I have.

Two were made at the same time, and had bulging caps, the third was made a month later, and had a different panel, and the caps were fine.
Replaced them anyway for peace of mind.

[NJRoadfan]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Found a nice wall mount today at the Thrift and now I have it set up in my room!

Is that "The Room" playing on that TV?

Originally Posted by VintagePC

If it's a 960BF, check the surface mount fuse. Those can go bad and prevent the backlight from coming on while the rest of the display still works.

Its a SyncMaster 930MP, a combination TV/computer monitor. It powers up, but usually just gives me a blinking power LED (indicates standby). Sometimes it'll give me video. When it does work, it will never go to standby, even if the computer goes to power saving mode and cuts video output. Annoying because I like this monitor. It has SCART RGB in (rare in the USA) and its a multi system TV (takes NTSC/PAL/SECAM video input). Plus its 4:3, and supports 720p HD video (1280x1024 native panel res.).

I replaced it with a 940MW (its 1440x900 19" widescreen cousin), which also has documented cap problems. The biggest difference is that this model has the power supply built into the monitor vs. a brick. If I ever have a problem with it, the model was popular enough to market re-capping kits which are readily available on ebay.