[Coco] An interesting computer repair story

[Steven Hirsch]

On Wed, 2 May 2012, Robert Gault wrote:

> After doing this on my own, I then thought to do a Google search on the 204B 
> and found many hits in connection with capacitors. Hmmm, seems that this 
> failure was well documented and known for 4-5 years. Samsung switched cap 
> suppliers and settled for a cheaper version with poor quality control. There 
> are even U-Tube movies showing how to open the monitor and replace the caps.

It's not just Samsung.  It's the single most common failure of LCD 
displays, period.  I know folks who've made a number of bucks picking up 
discarded LCD displays, recapping them and selling them at flea markets.



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