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So over the summer I've learned how to fix and refurbish LCD monitors.. specifically, tearing apart and finding out what's wrong with them.. two main issues : 1: usually it's blown capacitors and the monitor doesn't power up or powers up for a couple seconds and then powers down. 2: on occasion the actual bulbs have been burnt out. The bulbs are miniature fluorescent bulbs, you know, the kind that are in most ceiling lights!
I've been finding them at Goodwill with labels of "doesn't work" for $10-20. Last night I picked one up, it's a Hyundai X93W for $20.. already had the parts to fix it.. getting used to it today, I just switched it from my 17" 4:3 (this one is a 19" widescreen.. max of 1400x1050 , currently set at 1280x1024 although it's squished so I'm going to find a better resolution).. I WAS going to sell it, and I still may, but for today I wanted to have a widescreen while I play my games! XD .. this one didn't have any capacitors burnt out, it actually had a bad light on the top - fortunately I had a spare from one monitor that hadn't been so lucky in surviving the reassembly process (whistles innocently). One thing to note on this Hyundai monitor.. it was manufactured in 2008!
It's been fun fixing these and learning what is going wrong with them, and just plain fun to take these things apart! I've fixed and resold about a dozen so far, and kept a few for home/office use. My best so far is a 22" widescreen with a factory defect (no DVI side signal =( ) that I can't sell so I keep for use as my office video watching screen.
Oh to find a 32" LCD tv that's broken! =D
I've been finding them at Goodwill with labels of "doesn't work" for $10-20. Last night I picked one up, it's a Hyundai X93W for $20.. already had the parts to fix it.. getting used to it today, I just switched it from my 17" 4:3 (this one is a 19" widescreen.. max of 1400x1050 , currently set at 1280x1024 although it's squished so I'm going to find a better resolution).. I WAS going to sell it, and I still may, but for today I wanted to have a widescreen while I play my games! XD .. this one didn't have any capacitors burnt out, it actually had a bad light on the top - fortunately I had a spare from one monitor that hadn't been so lucky in surviving the reassembly process (whistles innocently). One thing to note on this Hyundai monitor.. it was manufactured in 2008!
It's been fun fixing these and learning what is going wrong with them, and just plain fun to take these things apart! I've fixed and resold about a dozen so far, and kept a few for home/office use. My best so far is a 22" widescreen with a factory defect (no DVI side signal =( ) that I can't sell so I keep for use as my office video watching screen.
Oh to find a 32" LCD tv that's broken! =D
