SOURCE: Dell LCD monitor suddenly loses power
Hello,
Five years is a long time for an LCD panel. You definetly got your money's worth.
But, if your trouble shooing has led you to this conclusion I can also only conclude that the power driver inside your panel just gave up the ghost.
However, try giving Dell a call, for what's thats worth and see what they have to say.
You might also want to ask this expert "Robotek" what he may think as he is a board troubleshooter and could give you an answer if one is there.
Type this or copy and paste into your browser's address bar:
http://www.fixya.com/users/robotek
And then click on the Ask Me button under his picture.
Best regards,
Worldvet
SOURCE: Dell 1800FP - no power
I just arranged to send my power supply to rhe guys robotek referred to. Seems the easiest option I've seen yet!
Thanks, Rans
SOURCE: Gateway FPD 1730 Monitor
What has happened is part of your back lighting circuitry has gone out. Yes it is repairable but can cost most of what a replacement monitor will cost these days. Check that out before spending the money. If the problem is only in the back lighting circuit then expect to spend about $100 for a replacement board.
LCD monitors lifespan depends on the quality. Normal use and you should get 2-3 years of reliable service minimum. The display itself is good for about 4000 or so hours of use or more. The problems that show up are always (well 99.99% of the time) are back lighting problems like you have experienced. You should turn it off by the switch when not using it as every hour it runs the screen save is an hour of usable life. Heat is not good for it so if your computer gets the dust cleaned out to keep it cool do the monitor at the same time. Once a year at least more if you smoke use gas heat and have pets.
Tube monitors have a much longer life but you have the size weight and poorer display to go with them. If you have to go back to a tube monitor don't go back to your 14 ask around and you should be able to get a 17 or 19 crt for free. Or expect to pay no more than $10-20 for one.
SOURCE: My monitor turns on but then goes black after
It could also just be the button is faulty... but a 6 year monitor is going to start throwing more and more problems at you.
Go to eBay.com and treat yourself to a nice new monitor - they are very cheap these days.
SOURCE: My Optiquest Q7 monitor is 3yrs old. When I power
More likely to be bad caps in the power supply, look inside and report what you see so we can guide you further, see example of failed monitors due to bad caps: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums
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