When turning on the syncmaster 204b with the monitors power button, the screen is black for a long time, then on dim, eventually on. Is taking too long to light up completely on.

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204b backlight getting dim

change the inverter if it does not work ,you will have to change the backlight bulbs or you change the screen

Jun 22, 2013 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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SyncMaster 204B screen appears in 5 min after turning monitor on. First 7-10min screen is dark and slowly increases brightness. The picture becomes normal in 15-20 min and all is OK until the monitor is...

How long have you had the monitor. It sounds like a defective backlight. Usually when the circuit driver for the backlight starts to go bad, the monitor will blink. If this is the case, eventually the monitor will not turn on at all.

Jan 12, 2011 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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SyncMaster 204B - when pc goes into blank screen mode (normal) the monitor does go black (normal). But when waking up PC the monitor just start flashing the screen extremely fast, progressing slower and...

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Yes, The repair is simple, it requires changing out 5 capacitors. We have a full repair guide posted on our web site at: http://www.ccl-la.com/blog/index.php/samsung-204b-lcd-monitor-repair/ We also have a parts kit available for $12 shipped.

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Mar 03, 2010 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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My SyncMaster 204B Monitor just stopped working. It worked fine this morning before I left for work, but when I arrived home, it wouldn't power up. I've been Duel Screening for about 2 yrs with no problems...

Replace the screen with a known working one. If it shows display then it is the screen which is broken, if not, then it could be the port on which it is connected.

Feb 25, 2010 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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After it is powered off, or after windows turns it off it takes

You may have power supply that is dying due to bad caps, look inside and report back what you see so we can guide you further, see example of failed SAMSUNG monitors due to bad caps: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums

Feb 02, 2010 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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Samsung 204b my screen flickers and is dim on wakeup

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Your backlight power supply is about to die. Check out our web page at: www.ccl-la.com/badcaps.htm We have a full repair guide and parts list to do the repair.

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Sep 27, 2009 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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Samsung SyncMaster 204B The blue power button is on but the screen is black. When I turn it off and back on it shows the screen for a second then goes black. Can you please help me. Thanks

Got the same problem, happened yesterday for me, Did some research and it looks like its bad capacitors in the back, check out this page for more information... i'm taking mine to an electrician to fix today... luckily he's related and should be able to fix it on the cheap...

http://pavel.kirkovsky.com/blog/2009/03/samsung-syncmaster-204b-repair/

Apr 02, 2009 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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Samsung 204B random blank screen

I too have a dual monitor Samsung SyncMaster 204 setup. My monitors started flickering, then a week later had turn on problems like your describe. I found a fix on this fixya website and followed the fairly techie suggestion. It worked. I wrote up a .pdf set of instructions so others might also benefit. Hope this helps. Doug

Feb 07, 2009 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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Black screen; blinking power light

are using dvi cable did u try to hit the input botton on screen itself thx nick

Feb 07, 2008 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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Samsung syncmaster 204b

Yes. There is no vertical deflection. The circuit that controls vertical deflection is bad. This is an easy fix for a TV tech. Take it to the TV repair shop.

Dec 14, 2006 • Samsung SyncMaster 204B 20.1" LCD Monitor

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Hello,

You have a power supply that is about to die. We have a step by step repair guide posted on our web site at:
www.ccl-la.com that gives directions to dis-asemble the unit and repair the power supply. If you can solder then you should be able to do the repair yourself. If you don't want to do the repair yourself we do offer a repair service for $30 plus return shipping. Contact us through our web site if you have any questions.

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