dporter Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 My neighbor had a 22" gateway monitor that started having issues so he just went out and got a new one. He was going to pitch the old one but I asked if I could have it to take a look at what might be wrong. The monitor would power up and show an image for about 2-3 seconds then go black. You could actually see the image still on the screen, but it was extremely faint. You can view pictures and the description of what all I did here on my facebook album (you don't have to be a member to view): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013...mp;l=c1d77efc98 That is kind of a shortened version of what I did so if anyone needs exact details of the process let me know. I did some research while I was replacing these capacitors and found thousands of complaints about the same issue and I guess the back story on this whole thing is that the formula for the capacitors on these monitors were pirated from another manufacturer but the people pirating the formula got it wrong. End result is that these things die quickly. I guess the same capacitors were even used in some motherboards and video cards. The good news is that I have a new 22" monitor for around $20, but the bad news is that I'm sure a ton of these are ending up in landfills unfortunately when all they need is a quick fix. So hopefully this will help anyone having issues with their gateway monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Nice work! You wouldn't believe how many P3 (later models) and P4 boards have the same issues. Also some of the older nvidia cards around the fx5200 series. There was so many companies that bought those cap's cheap with the stolen but not completely right forumula. Great job on fixing the LCD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dporter Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thanks, I appreciate it. The only thing I wasn't able to do was clean the board of the residue that the flux leaves after soldering. I didn't have any alcohol. I think the wise thing to do would be to open it back up and try to clean the board. Any suggestions on the type of alcohol to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 ...Any suggestions on the type of alcohol to use? nice job on monitor though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thanks, I appreciate it. The only thing I wasn't able to do was clean the board of the residue that the flux leaves after soldering. I didn't have any alcohol. I think the wise thing to do would be to open it back up and try to clean the board. Any suggestions on the type of alcohol to use? Truthfully standard rubbing alcohol if you can stand the smell does the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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