That's a great job. From here it looked like the left monitor was all washed out and not as robust as the one on the right. Now, after the capacitor fix, they almost look identical. Cool.
For others who want to tackle this job, don't forget electrolytic capacitors have a plus & a minus terminal wire (usually marked on the side of the cap) and MUST be put back in correctly or they will possibly explode... okay, pop ! ... 😂 best thing to do is mark the on board the positive location with a pen, I use a red marker dot (red is always positive in power electronics) 😎👍☘️🍺
Hi, great job replacing the capacitors on this monitor. I am thinking of replacing mine too, I just don't know if my monitor is too far gone. Whenever I plug it in, the light goes green, makes a high pitched pop sound, then restarts the monitor and continues this loop. Whenever I unplug it, it holds that pop sound for about 5 seconds, and I smell a faint smoke smell in the back. Any replies are greatly appreciated.
4:58 Well even though they don't have an HDMI input, they still have a DVI input. DVI is still a digital Signal and looks much better than VGA, especially on those higher resolutions. To use DVI with a modern HDMI graphics card you only need a very cheap passive HDMI to DVI adapter. I've used actually the same monitor that way for years :) Though mine also has that high pitched noise. I'll also try to swap the caps eventually
Hey, I have a question about this monitor.. so I got this monitor from my dad about a year ago and lately I started to notice that something is peeping inside in a high tone, do you know how to fix it?
It's probably a similar issue to what I had, where the capacitors are starting to wear out. I found a capacitor kit online, just need a soldering iron and some patience!
Good job! If you're getting into more soldering project you may want to invest in some desoldering wick and a solder pump, cheap items that come really handy when playing with circuit boards.
My monitor went black yesterday. I press the power button twice and it pops on, very dimly, then the display goes black and the power button on the top is on, but also very dim. Any ideas? Thank you.
I've had this monitor for 15 years, is there a method of unclipping the back cover without breaking any plastic tabs? Thanks for the video, I was about to bin this but by chance found the capacitor kit on Ebay.
I think there are some specialized tools for popping open electronics, maybe a phone repair kit would work? Those come with little plastic pry bars and would maybe be more gentle on the tabs. I just used an old kitchen knife since I didn't care that much about the appearance of the sides and back.
That's a great job. From here it looked like the left monitor was all washed out and not as robust as the one on the right. Now, after the capacitor fix, they almost look identical. Cool.
For others who want to tackle this job, don't forget electrolytic capacitors have a plus & a minus terminal wire (usually marked on the side of the cap) and MUST be put back in correctly or they will possibly explode... okay, pop ! ... 😂 best thing to do is mark the on board the positive location with a pen, I use a red marker dot (red is always positive in power electronics)
😎👍☘️🍺
Hi, great job replacing the capacitors on this monitor. I am thinking of replacing mine too, I just don't know if my monitor is too far gone. Whenever I plug it in, the light goes green, makes a high pitched pop sound, then restarts the monitor and continues this loop. Whenever I unplug it, it holds that pop sound for about 5 seconds, and I smell a faint smoke smell in the back.
Any replies are greatly appreciated.
Coincidence, I got a set of two of these monitors left buy a dumpster haha. They look and work great, they're going near 20 years old!
4:58 Well even though they don't have an HDMI input, they still have a DVI input. DVI is still a digital Signal and looks much better than VGA, especially on those higher resolutions. To use DVI with a modern HDMI graphics card you only need a very cheap passive HDMI to DVI adapter. I've used actually the same monitor that way for years :)
Though mine also has that high pitched noise. I'll also try to swap the caps eventually
Can replacing capacitors solve the flickering problem?
Hey, I have a question about this monitor.. so I got this monitor from my dad about a year ago and lately I started to notice that something is peeping inside in a high tone, do you know how to fix it?
It's probably a similar issue to what I had, where the capacitors are starting to wear out. I found a capacitor kit online, just need a soldering iron and some patience!
Good job! If you're getting into more soldering project you may want to invest in some desoldering wick and a solder pump, cheap items that come really handy when playing with circuit boards.
My monitor went black yesterday. I press the power button twice and it pops on, very dimly, then the display goes black and the power button on the top is on, but also very dim. Any ideas? Thank you.
Those were the good days when monitors had built-in power supplies. Everything has a brick nowadays.
I just got one of those curvy monitors and it still has the AC input.
@@saveitforparts Really? That's cool! I have modern monitors including curved ones from Asus and Acer at home, and all have bricks.
I've had this monitor for 15 years, is there a method of unclipping the back cover without breaking any plastic tabs? Thanks for the video, I was about to bin this but by chance found the capacitor kit on Ebay.
I think there are some specialized tools for popping open electronics, maybe a phone repair kit would work? Those come with little plastic pry bars and would maybe be more gentle on the tabs. I just used an old kitchen knife since I didn't care that much about the appearance of the sides and back.
That was pretty cool.
Hello man... Nice work. I have the exact same monitor but mine displays items as if they are shifted to the right. Please help 😅
That's weird! I don't know why it would do that, sorry!
Great 👍
Good job👍
My Acer monitor did the same thing.
Nice!