Recent content by Kridian

Nice Superted! Mine just recently went out again so I was told to replace all the other caps (from the helping hands over at badcaps.net) on the power board and sure enough, it came back on!

One month late but... WOW CleanSC, congrats! I read your whole thread over on badcaps.net (signed up immediately) and was in awe of the knowledge PlainBill and others had in this field. I definitely got off easier than you, but I learned a bit more by reading your thread. You did a great job on...

Sounds like you'll have to do some heavy inspecting. I don't have the magic answer but check those skinny copper pins on the board connections and make sure they're not bent. Good luck man! Report back what you find out.

No, shouldn't matter, but I'm thinking if there was a spark, then something blew out.

A spark? Oh boy. I would thoroughly inspect that power board where you saw the spark (that's a given). Which capacitors did you have to replace? Where were they located?

25jai, I can only suggest you go back and check that every plug you had to detach is properly secure. I had to go back and firmly secure mine because the screen was pink! That was scary. Just make sure everything is back to its original position. Good luck! p.s.: I would also make sure you...

Hey krotch, what did you do with your Acer monitor then? If you still have it, let me know.

Glad to hear another Do-It-Yourselfer resurrected their Acer monitor with capacitor replacements. It's easy people!

Thanks, it was a good learning experience for me. Glad to hear the "No-Signal" problem went away for you. Mine has been running flawlessly since the capacitor replacements.

My Acer AL2423W (of 3 yrs.) came back a second time from the Repair Depot and it wouldn't come on, so I took apart my LCD and examined the two boards as suggested by its-vp (Thanks man! You saved me $300 bucks!). There were a total of four capacitors that were bad so I learned how to...