20 Most Recent Dell E176FP 17" LCD Monitor - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Well first off if its that old the warranty is up im sure. Second they won't deal with you since you are not the one who bought it. I'm sorry I had a similar problem to that altho I had bought the screen and it did the same thing a week after the warranty was up.

This is the way how to examine where the problem is. If the screen is going dark. You have to check that you can see the image on screen by shining a flashlight into the screen, not directly but find the best angle to the screen and take a look very closely. If you can see the icons (Power on both cpu and monitor), there will be a minor problem. Like me, I can see window image using flashlight and check lamps inside. Some of them were broken. If you cannot see any icon on the screen. I would say that there are some problems with inverter board. If you have soldering tool and want to fix it by yourself, check the caps first. It may cause this problem. Some caps might show leaking or dark spot on the board because of too high temp. If you don't have soldering tool, you better go get a technician to do so.

You need the driver for the video. The default driver will just do minimum resolution.

A solution has been posted..... refer that link again....regards

Dell will not give you a replacment since you were not the one whom purchased it...if you were they would only give you one if it was still under warranty.

Can you try hooking it upto another tower to see if the monitor is at fault and not the PC.

Did you friend show you that it was running before you bought it. Perhaps he sold you a monitor that was about hit the end.

Make sure the LCD is completely attached to the system board. I've had them come partially out and cause this. If this doesn't help, your LCD and/or inverter could be going bad.

Hi,
Kindly disconnect the monitor from the computer and power it on , if the screen is still blurry on the self test feature check , the monitor is bad.
You can press the menu button on the monitor and select Restore to Factory setting or Factory reset option. If the problem persists you can call LCD repair
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If you have purchased,the dell monitor seprately from the computer, it carries a three year replacement warranty.


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Hey...Tom,
To open this monitor, it's from the front edges of a bezel. Laid it down screen face up and placed a piece of soft cloth on top of the screen to protect from smudged. Then with 2 hands using all 8 fingers lifted the edges of the bezel from the screen slowly with some force to it. Do the same on the other sides until it came loosed. If you happens to got some smudged on the screen just damped a soft cloth or paper towel with tap water and cleaned it. Have fun!

Hi,

Definitely an internal power supply issue. Dell uses a combo inverter/PSU board with P/N 790441202. This particular board uses a tablet type fuse very near the AC jack. Should a replacment be warranted rather than component level repair, pls reference this page.

This of course would require a fair familiarity of electronic components/circuitry and safety procedures, use of a DVM and a soldering iron. It would be to your added advantage access to a service manual or at the very least a schematic diagram with voltage readings. Should you be uncomfortable performing a DIY (do-it-yourself), perhaps your best bet would then be to seek the services of a qualified professional.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information. Good luck and kind regards. Thank you for using FixYa.

Yeah, I called Dell yesterday, and they said it was a problem that I could not fix myself. Whether that's true or not, I don't know, but my monitor was still under warranty, so they shipped me a replacement right away. I already got it this morning. 

FYI: Their monitors carry a three year warranty. 

There could be 3 reasons for this...

1. If color settings are changed from the computer...

try to reset to defaults

2. if colors are changed from monitor..

try to reset to factory defaults

3. If the Monitor cable is loose..

try differnt monitor if available with the same cable which is used to connect monitor and computer, or try using different cable on same monitor and computer.....

Check the RAM

The inverter power supply logic board has probably goe out. You can get it here or have it fixed.
http://www.lcdrepair.us/e176FPf-inverter-power-logic.html

If you monitor is a E176FP then No

if you have access to another monitor use if to verify the monitor is the problem and not the video card of the computer.
does the monitor allow you to adjust color and tint(hue) because the tint or hue control changes the overall color from green to purple. or the color control circuit has failed leaving you stuc with a purple screen.

The inverter power logic is probably going bad. You can get it here as well as look at instructional videos on DELL monitors.

http://www.lcdrepair.us/e176FPf-inverter-power-logic.html