[Coco] Can I fix an old monitor?

[Walter Zambotti]

Gene

Thanks.  That's what I'm worried about.  I'm not qualified to work with dangerous electrical items so I think I'll call it a day on this item and toss it out.

Better safer than sorry.

Walter

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Gene Heskett
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2020 12:19 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] Can I fix an old monitor?

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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