Failed LCD monitor

[John Little]

Hi all

My Philips Brilliance 200W screen failed last week. One day it was
fine, the next completely dead. This happened a few days after it was
moved around a bit, the floor being recovered.

It's just over three years old.

Taking it apart to see what I see, all I found was two capacitors
whose ends were slightly swollen, perhaps by 1 mm, with no obvious
leakage. Are these likely to be the cause of trouble?

Any advice?

Regards, John

[PeeCee]

"John Little" <john.b...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e2c6247-6a5b-4fb4...@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

John

Highly likely, I've just done two LCD's with weird backlight problems that
were suffering from blown caps.
Replacing the caps fixed both.

Best
Paul.

[Dave Doe]

In article <4e2c6247-6a5b-4fb4-80ca-4adf58089d33
@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, john.b...@gmail.com says...

If you bought it retail - then take it back and get it fixed or
replaced.

Make no talk about any manufacturers warranty - if they persist along
that line - move off it. Stick with the Consumer Garuantees Act. Get
them to agree to fix it and get them to do so in an agreed time period
(set a date or timeframe).

More info...
http://www.consumer.org.nz/reports/consumer-guarantees-act

--
Duncan.

[Dave Doe]

In article <MPG.257dcf3c5...@news.eternal-september.org>,
ha...@work.ok says...

Some more good info here...
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thiswayup/20090711

Download and listen to the Product Lives - r.click and save the mp3
file.

You may also then want to scroll down and download the guff listed in
the article, "First up this week".

--
Duncan.

[impossible]

"John Little" <john.b...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e2c6247-6a5b-4fb4...@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

Are you sure it's the monitor that's gone bad? And not the video card? Or
not simply a loose connection in the box?

[John Little]

On Nov 30, 2:36 pm, "impossible" <impossi...@nospam.net> wrote:

> Are you sure it's the monitor that's gone bad? And not the video card? Or
> not simply a loose connection in the box?

The on board video drives other screens no trouble. And I said
completely dead, the power led doesn't even come on. When it was
working, if switched on and not connected, there'd first be a Philips
splash screen, then a message to say there's no input. I checked the
fuse, and it was ok (until I crushed it).

Regards, John

[John Little]

On Nov 30, 12:47 pm, Dave Doe <h...@work.ok> wrote:
>  Stick with the Consumer Garuantees Act.  Get

CGA doesn't apply, I've claimed the GST, depreciated it, and so on.

Regards, John

[Dave Doe]

In article <t4u6h5h035u9tdnhd...@4ax.com>,
ma...@yahoo.co.cn says...

> YES IT DOES, but then again Philips is know as not being a reliable product..

No Mary, only if it is a retail purchase.

--
Duncan.

[Dave Doe]

In article <48e8h51g3hi5fvmpf...@4ax.com>,
ma...@yahoo.co.cn says...

> Then its covered by the Sales of Goods Act..

Irrelevant - it is NOT covered by C(=Consumer)GA.

--
Duncan.

[Dave Doe]

In article <hmn8h51icke2fvdpb...@4ax.com>,
ma...@yahoo.co.cn says...

> Seems that you cant read I will State again
>
> Its covered by the Sales of Goods Act..

What IS your point?

Teh SOG will not help the OP. It provides very limited protection, and
can be contracted out of. Not only can it be - it is most likely -
*most* firms will provide a warranty along the lines:
"No other warranties either express or implied by law are made..." -
good-bye SOG.

So yer back to manufacturer warranty level.

--
Duncan.

[Dave Doe]

In article <97a9h5dksftuq1e3v...@4ax.com>,
ma...@yahoo.co.cn says...

> Seems to me you know so little..

Suggest you stick to your *mainframe* - *Mary*.

--
Duncan.