monitor kaput

**nekrosoft13** · 07-20-09, 01:38 AM

my viewsonic just died today, it was primary used with the server.

second monitor to die within a year preriod.

Mr Bigman · 07-20-09, 01:48 AM

could be overclting through vga or dvi connector?

Or powersupply on it but its hard to tell.

CaptNKILL · 07-20-09, 01:55 AM

My brother and I recently replaced a few capacitors in his old viewsonic 19" LCD. I guess bad caps are one of the more common issues with older LCDs.

Basically, the screen would go into stand by mode when he turned the screen on after the PC was on. If he left it turned on and rebooted it would usually work for a very long time with no problems (though some times it would screw up after a reboot or even a resolution change). Since replacing the caps it has worked fine.

**bob saget** · 07-20-09, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

My brother and I recently replaced a few capacitors in his old viewsonic 19" LCD. I guess bad caps are one of the more common issues with older LCDs.

Basically, the screen would go into stand by mode when he turned the screen on after the PC was on. If he left it turned on and rebooted it would usually work for a very long time with no problems (though some times it would screw up after a reboot or even a resolution change). Since replacing the caps it has worked fine.

Awwwwww

**nekrosoft13** · 07-20-09, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

My brother and I recently replaced a few capacitors in his old viewsonic 19" LCD. I guess bad caps are one of the more common issues with older LCDs.

Basically, the screen would go into stand by mode when he turned the screen on after the PC was on. If he left it turned on and rebooted it would usually work for a very long time with no problems (though some times it would screw up after a reboot or even a resolution change). Since replacing the caps it has worked fine.

monitor basically cycles, on-off-on-off-on-off etc... it stays on for half a second

CaptNKILL · 07-20-09, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

monitor basically cycles, on-off-on-off-on-off etc... it stays on for half a second

Its probably the caps.

If you care about fixing it (and know how to solder), you could probably find instructions explaining how to do it online and the caps would only cost a few dollars.

**lee63** · 07-20-09, 11:36 AM

My 2405 just took a dump last week

I ended up replacing it with a Dell S240W http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...s=19&c=us&l=en

Its not a bad LCD.....games look great

**bob saget** · 07-20-09, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lee63

My 2405 just took a dump last week

I ended up replacing it with a Dell S240W http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...s=19&c=us&l=en

Its not a bad LCD.....games look great

that one looks good. Dell LCDs are SHARP brand?

**lee63** · 07-20-09, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bob saget

that one looks good. Dell LCDs are SHARP brand?

I'm not sure...I thought they where LG.

**bob saget** · 07-20-09, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lee63

I'm not sure...I thought they where LG.

Thats what I thought. LG or SHARP.

**nekrosoft13** · 07-20-09, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lee63

My 2405 just took a dump last week

I ended up replacing it with a Dell S240W http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...s=19&c=us&l=en

Its not a bad LCD.....games look great

why did you go down to 16:9, you lost a bit of desktop space.

**lee63** · 07-20-09, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

why did you go down to 16:9, you lost a bit of desktop space.

I'm getting better fps in games with not much sacrifice in image quality.

07-20-09, 01:38 AM	#1
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07-20-09, 01:55 AM	#3
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: monitor kaput My brother and I recently replaced a few capacitors in his old viewsonic 19" LCD. I guess bad caps are one of the more common issues with older LCDs. Basically, the screen would go into stand by mode when he turned the screen on after the PC was on. If he left it turned on and rebooted it would usually work for a very long time with no problems (though some times it would screw up after a reboot or even a resolution change). Since replacing the caps it has worked fine. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

07-20-09, 11:36 AM	#7
lee63 Classified Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Murrieta, U.S./Taunton, U.K. Posts: 4,263	Re: monitor kaput My 2405 just took a dump last week I ended up replacing it with a Dell S240W http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...s=19&c=us&l=en Its not a bad LCD.....games look great __________________