Attention All Nerds!!

[Versed]

So, I need a bit of help. I'm trying to find a replacement power supply for my LCD monitors.

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but it has happened to both of our old LCD monitors. One day you wake up and the on/off button just flickers and flashes. Then the monitor won't come on.

Pushing the on/off button over and over again works for a bit and then it just dies completely.

After searching for a long time I got boat loads of "just buy a new monitor" or "use the warranty" well I'm here to say, no shit Sherlock. If I had the money I'd do that but I don't so I need to know how to repair it.

Then I found a few posts that were saying that the power supply boards in the monitors start to go out after a few years.

So if this is the case, where the hell can I buy a new power supply board? There has to be a parts manufacturer somewhere on the internet and I need help finding them.

Also, any suggestions on the subject in general would be most appreciated.

[Biggs]

Same thing happened to my LCD. It's just collecting dust now.

[Drunken F00l]

I had a similar problem with one of my monitors less than 3 months after I bought it from Best Buy. I put it back in the box, made it look new, and exchanged it.

I don't have any experience fixing it, so I can't really offer advice. Try searching eBay for parts for your monitor.

Also, I found this:
http://computerguru365.blogspot.com/...l-monitor.html

[insomniaprincess]

Try searching eBay for parts for your monitor.

haha that's the first place we went.

[Versed]

Ya I tried eBay and couldn't find one for either of the models I have.

That idea is actually quite possible, I'll have to dig out my old power supplies and see if I can rig it up like he did. I don't care if it's pretty, I just care that it works.

While I could do all the other things, I don't have a way to check which part is causing the problem. I have no voltage tools, so I might have to go to Radio Shack to get one. Doing that might be just as costly as buying a new damn monitor though.

[N0body]

See if you can find the same model from a store, buy the new one and take it out of the box. Clean up the old one and put it in the new box and take it back to the store to return it.

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Profit.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

radioshack can provide you with universal power supplies, or a custom one if necessary

[Redneck]

It's not a brick or a "wall wart" DC adapter he's talking about; it's an internal rectifier. I would attempt to sweet talk a local shop who has access to the vendor's parts catalog, and see if they'll order one for you, or just have them replace it. My Sony LCD TV had a problem 2 months after I bought it, and I saw what they charged back to Sony on the warranty work. The labor was only like 1 hour, and the board it needed was $75.

I wonder if any of these electronics repair shops do any soldering anymore, lol.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

oh, I would just call it a brick. Glad samsungs don't shit allover themselves, or I would be worried about this problem.

[Agua]

My dad is a home audio/video repair tech and I had a similar problem with my laptop. There are a few things that could go wrong:

1) The aforementioned power supply

2) The ballast which powers the light source. (anywhere from $250+)

3) The light source itself

4) The voltage inverter

With my laptop, I could still see the screen very faintly but the backlight no longer functioned.

Unfortunately, each of these repairs, if done by a tech cost almost as much or more than a new monitor. You might find a computer "bone yard" and try to find an exact match and scavenge the parts if you're saavy with a soldering iron. Pending that, I'm afraid the diagnosis is definitely lupus.

Redneck over there is right, you'll need access to a vendor catalog, but if you're gonna drop $100+ on a repair, you might as well save up for a new monitor with a warranty.