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From: kony on 8 Nov 2009 18:29
On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:16:13 -0600, philo
<philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:


>> I suppose I just get into the habit of tracing faults and
>> trying to fix them... even if the hardware never gets used
>> again. Earlier today I picked up a couple LCD monitors,
>> both had bad caps on the output of their internal power
>> supply. CapXon capacitors apparently aren't fit for use in
>> these circuit placements.
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>I don't usually bother to repair stuff on the component level...
>unless it's something highly critical


One of the reasons I do, is at least then I know it's not
likely to have the same fault again, could end up lasting
longer than similar bought new to replace it (in the case of
capacitors since I can choose better ones, not so much the
case if it's a transistor or similar and is landlocked so I
am reasonably forced to use same/equivalent parts again).

Then again, with LCDs you have the CCFL tubes dimming over
time and the inverter board is another potential problem,
and a monitor I bought myself I hesitate to open because the
warranty is still valid on it, but it still works, just
won't go into DVI input mode anymore.


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