From: Bob F on
Bob F wrote:
> I have an old Sony LCD SDM-S81 that worked fine for me for a couple
> weeks after I got it used. Today, I found it displaying pictures
> badly, distorting the colors by seemingly greatly exagerating the
> intensity of colors in areas with changing shades of colors (Photos
> and Video, mostly). Additionally, the colors seem to flicker, as if
> the problem alternates at a high rate.
> Can anyone give me any advance clues as to what to look for when I
> open it up?
> It is the monitor. Plugging in my old CRT shows no suck problem.
>
> Thanks.

FWIW. I finally got around to opening the monitor. I unplugged and replugged the
internal connectors, and tried it again. It seems, so far, to be working fine
now. Maybe I got lucky.


From: William Sommerwerck on
> FWIW. I finally got around to opening the monitor.
> I unplugged and replugged the internal connectors,
> and tried it again. It seems, so far, to be working fine
> now. Maybe I got lucky.

Obviously, the problem was caused by oxidized connections. Did you use a
cleaning agent, such as DeOxit, before reattaching the connectors? This
might keep the problem from recurring.


From: Bob F on
William Sommerwerck wrote:
>> FWIW. I finally got around to opening the monitor.
>> I unplugged and replugged the internal connectors,
>> and tried it again. It seems, so far, to be working fine
>> now. Maybe I got lucky.
>
> Obviously, the problem was caused by oxidized connections. Did you
> use a cleaning agent, such as DeOxit, before reattaching the
> connectors? This might keep the problem from recurring.


I didn't, but will if the problem re-occurs. Thanks.