[Coco] Can I fix an old monitor?

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 27 April 2020 10:55:23 Walter Zambotti wrote:

> I have an old 4x3 1280x1024 LCD monitor that is still working but is
> loses picture when it has been on for a few hours. It's an ACER AL1916
> A.
>
> I would like to repair the thing to use with my CoCo but I have no
> hardware experience with these things.
>
> How hard is it to diagnose what the problem is?
>
More than a 50% chance of bad caps in the ccfl backlight circuit.  That 
involves dangerous voltages, so let a pro, somebody with a CET card look 
at it.

> And what are my chances of fixing it?
>
> Walter


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