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smalltownguy:
One of our sales managers came up to me 2 weeks ago and said, "My monitor won't turn on anymore."

Now, having worked in IT for just a few years now, monitor repair has always been one of those things where I feel like I'm rolling the dice. Monitor is an HP L155 19" LCD. Really nice monitor -- we have several of them here at work. Turning it on, I could hear a slight fizzle/click repeating at 2 second intervals. So, of course I de-cased it :)

I found a very large capacitor, a 150uf 450v, that would SPARK when you turned on the monitor. Hm...that didn't seem right. I figured, "what the heck? It's worth a shot." I went to Digi Key and ordered one. My replacement cap was a radial like the one in my monitor, but it was designed for upright installation, not lying down. The leads would reach the PCB. So, I had to cut the leads off the old cap and solder them to the new one.

Powered it up, and holy crap! It works! A $250 monitor, repaired with a $15 part! Yay!

Rick:
So, you a) fixed this for your Manager, who now thinks you're awesome, or b) took it home, and got a 19" LCD for $15?  You're answer will make me either a) proud of you, or b) really proud of you.

 ;D

smalltownguy:
Ahem. I'll never tell.  ;D

Rick:

--- Quote from: smalltownguy on October 19, 2010, 10:50:10 am ---Ahem. I'll never tell.  ;D
--- End quote ---

Then, I'll just be really proud of you, and we'll never speak of this again.

 :laugh:

northerngames:
I just felt the need to toot and am feeling better now  :cheers:

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