jsnospam@cimmeri.com wrote:
BluPhoenyx wrote:I recently had a 20" LCD monitor fail with a capacitor in it's internal power system. Monitor wasn't more than 2 years old. Long story short, 15 cents for the part from Jameco and she works like new.How did you locate the bad cap?
Visual inspection. The capacitor end was bulging out slightly. It wasn't however, completely blown open. The crosshatch looked to be opened very slightly in the center.
Cheers, Mike T