Questions & Answers for: Samsung SyncMaster what is a bad cap

...the power supply. Look at the tops of the caps. Are they bulgging on the top? If they are, they are bad. Sometimes there might be 4 to 6 caps that are bad. If the caps you are replacing are 16v ...

no picture samsung 913v. no video. turns off. vid card ok. The problem can be caused by bad caps in the power supply, bad inverter circuits, worst will be bad lamps. Look inside for bad caps first, ...

...a few seconds later comes on then disappears again Most common cause of the failed monitors are bad caps in the power supply, if it is about two years old, I would open it up and look for bad

Power light is on, but there is no display You need to open it up first and look for bad caps (bulging top) in the power supply first then report back to what you see so we can guide you further, see ...

...Nothing looks abnormal on the circuit boards. No caps with bulging top. The problem can also be bad inverter circuits or worst case will be the lamps. You need to look real close at the caps

...everytime, but the screen is black... computer iststarting normal. The problem can be caused by bad caps in the power supply, bad inverter circuits, or bad lamps. Look inside for bad caps with ...

flashing power light, no image. Is my monitor dead? More likely to be bad caps in the power supply, it can also be bad Inverter circuits, bad lamps, bad inverter transformers. Look at the caps first. ...

...only 1 year old This is 2008 model year. You need to open it and look inside to see if you do have bad DC filter caps with leaking/bulging tops, this happen after about 2 years. See pictures of bad ...

...bad caps with high ESR, the ESR will go down when the cap is heated, this is one of the tool I used to locate bad caps. http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums ...

switches on then goes into standby It may have dying power supply problem due to bad caps or shorted out backlight inverter circuits. Look for bad caps with leaking/bulging top first sine it is easy ...