My monitor is about 4 years old and is beginning to die. It will flicker and then not work until I power off then on again, it also make a high pitched noise that changes between a few pitches. I don't know whats wrong with it, but was wondering if there was a way to fix it, as I don't have money to use on a new monitor at the moment. And if it's not fixable, is it a hazard in any way? (It contains mercury. So I was just wondering.)
Shouldn't be a problem.
[QUOTE=HyoMonkys;28091807]but was wondering if there was a way to fix it, [/QUOTE]
Seeing as its four years old, there is probably no cheap way to repair the monitor. IMO go out to a discount electronic store and pick up a monitor, even if its a smaller size, for temporary use while you can save up and purchase a new one.
[QUOTE=HyoMonkys;28091807]And if it's not fixable, is it a hazard in any way? [/QUOTE]
It should not be a problem while you keep it at your house for personal use.
[QUOTE=HyoMonkys;28091807]My monitor is about 4 years old and is beginning to die. It will flicker and then not work until I power off then on again, it also make a high pitched noise that changes between a few pitches. I don't know whats wrong with it, but was wondering if there was a way to fix it, as I don't have money to use on a new monitor at the moment. And if it's not fixable, is it a hazard in any way? (It contains mercury. So I was just wondering.)[/QUOTE]
This sounds like a CRT.
I suggest you not opening and repairing the parts inside. But as a owner of several fine sony trinitrons, I know when something starts to squeek & flicker, its typically the power boards inside. Typically the capacitors were going, or already gone. These are easy to fix since most of these CRTs still use through-point soldering. Which makes it really easy to work with when parts go bad.
But realize the dangers of working on a CRT before you do.
CRTs are always powered on, and the anode/flyback is always charged. Even when you do remove it from the wall socket. So make sure you properly discharge it before you do anything with it! And you'll more than likely have to remove the high voltage board.
If it's an LCD, you've got a bad capacitor. Replacing that will cost 20 bucks at max
Also if this is a:
Plasma, LED-LCD, Don't bother. Unless you want to buy replacement parts, its not worth it. Everything is surface mounted. Its a bitch to work with when you don't have the proper tools.
[QUOTE=Murkrow;28094465]If it's an LCD, you've got a bad capacitor. Replacing that will cost 20 bucks at max[/QUOTE]
Uhh, individual capacitors don't cost anywhere near that much, unless it's a supercapacitor for starting a motor or something.
When LCDs go bad like that, it's probably the inverter failing. I have a Dell 19" LCD with a bad inverter, they cost like $30-40 to replace. The only problem is most LCDs are a bitch to take apart without breaking some plastic clip or guide.
What if it's a [b]3-D MONITTOR?[/b]
[QUOTE=killover;28102486]What if it's a [b]3-D MONITTOR?[/b][/QUOTE]
Fix it in [b]3-D[/b]?
Definitely caps going bad. If it eventually stops working entirely, bust it open and look for swollen or ruptured capacitors. Check out the specs on them, order similar ones on digikey.com, and bust out the soldering iron. My first ever soldering project was a 22" gateway monitor cap replacement, and I had absolutely no issues with it.
Theres also the chance that if the caps are bad, that they may/may have shorted/burned out something else in the circuit. Diodes and transistors are quite susceptible to this as I've run into it myself a few times.
Just carefully replace the bad caps if any, and give it a go. If it fails it was probably aforementioned blown/ready to blow circuits or something else is wrong.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
