Thanks,
John Mackesy
John, as a general guide LCD monitor faults fall into two areas -
backlight/inverter (which matches the symptoms you describe) and
faulty PSU, usually resulting from bad electros, where the PSU cycles
and the power light does likewise.
However the hardest bit is usually opening the damned thing..
A common fault on 17" acers was dry solder joints on certain components. I'm
not sure what the name of the component is but I presume it is a noise
filter. It's a magnetic ring with a coil of wire wound around it. In my case
it had only around 10 windings. I had 3 acer monitors with a dry solder join
on this same component.
Michael
The gang in sci.electronics.repair should be able to help you with this
one. My guess would be a bad backlight inverter board.
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