Thread: LCD TV dead should I even try to fix it?
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by bhunter View Post
If it's older fluorescent tubes provide the backlight. The common failure modes are power supply caps and the inverter board. I've successfully repaired LCD monitors via recapping. Now, whether or not it's worth the time given the current price of LCD TVs is a different matter. Did it show any symptoms before failure or did it simply not light up when you turned it on? I noticed on some LCD monitors that the picture can sometimes be seen even though it appears dark. BTW all the monitors I fixed were Samsungs and had Crapon caps. Good luck!
No symptoms at all...it just died on me when I started to watch Starship Troopers 3. Yeah the flashlight test works....
are the power supply caps accessible and are they expensive or just common ones you can get at Radio Shack?
thanks!
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