On Jun 23, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Tom wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion Bruce. Yes, I tried the power bricks from two other > 23-inch monitors on the dead one, hoping to wake it up, but they failed to > bring it to life. The little "on" light remains dark, along with the screen. > > This is such as (cosmetically) beautiful monitor that I hate to chuck it, but > I don't know anything about popped caps. Guess I'll hang onto it a while, in > the hope that somebody can help me with it, or I can learn how to do it > myself. > > To show you how old I am, the only caps I ever popped before this were in a > toy pistol I had when I played Cowboys and Indians as a kid (I guess that's > politically incorrect now).
Capacitors, (caps), are notorious for having a shortened life in solid state monitors, TVs etc. It almost seems that they were purposely under-engineered. Caps are cheap and it will be obvious upon disassembly which ones have failed. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
