Smoking monitor

it smoked and it still works?

i went to the tomshardware forums and all i got was this lousy signature.

Seen it happen, same monitor, but 3.5 years old. Did it once and hasn't done it since. That was about 2 months ago.

Don't have a solution, just an observation.

<font color=red>God</font color=red> <font color=blue>Bless</font color=blue> <font color=red>America!</font color=red>

yop yop seen it

its usually a capacitor on the flyback module, and what happens is you'll see red lines going across the monitor about two inches apart. you really cannot see the lines unless you somehow get a black screen with the brightness turned up high. this happens because the voltage frequence in no longer filtered well.

<font color=blue><b>i sleep in the daytime so i can rest easier at night<font color=red>.

have you ever seen a big capacitor blow up?

its like a bomb, a stinky bomb, a really really stinky bomb.

<font color=blue><b>i sleep in the daytime so i can rest easier at night<font color=red>.

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how the.... lol hhhhhhaha hahahah ahaha haha hahah in the lol how the hell did that happen????????????

ROFLMAO

<font color=blue><b>i sleep in the daytime so i can rest easier at night<font color=red>.

you made me laugh so loud that my mom thought there is some hting wrong.

<font color=blue><b>i sleep in the daytime so i can rest easier at night<font color=red>.

i wont, but whats up with the plumber??

<font color=blue><b>i sleep in the daytime so i can rest easier at night<font color=red>.

I like the "Smoking Monitor" better than the "Smoking Room".



<b><font color=green> I took an I.Q. test today...It came back negative.</font color=green></b>

You're right but especially for a monitor.


<b><font color=green> I took an I.Q. test today...It came back negative.</font color=green></b>

<font color=red>I would not leave the room with it on.</font color=red> I was thinking the same thing about leaving the house with it on.

I'm back, because I'm brave. This thing just smoke again, and the screen shrunk about a 1/4 on each side. It made a big flicker, and smoked, no pop though. Your luck to get another two months with out any problems.

I wouldn't fix it unless you really know what you are doing. There can be a lot of juice in those capacitators (the working ones) even when you turn them off, enough to fry yourself. And when on there stands a lot of Voltage on the inside of your monitor don't advice to go out and repair it.

But maybe Scamtron can give you better advice.

<b>THGC:</b> before: , after: .

friends monitor allmost caught fire... ugly heat scorch marks on the back of it... still worked though after it was given time to cool.

and i wanna see where this bathroom burnout leads... more info please oldbear

My tech advice here is not free. Email your credit card detials to mynic@hotmail.com

I'm pretty good with a screw driver and hammer, but electronics forget it, especially if a solder gun is involved. I only used one about 4-5 times, and that's about how many times I burned myself. I took the monitor to the shop yesterday, and will find out the damage today.