[Discuss] dead LCD Monitor.

[chris wakefield]

> Are you sure the monitor is dead? not just the video card it's connect to?
> The symptoms sounds similar to a messed up video card...
>
> On 8/28/07, Deeþan Chakravarthy <codeshepherd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > chris wakefield wrote:
> > > Greetings all.
> > >
> > > Woke up this morning with a dead lcd monitor (acer - al716) and I'm
> >
> > wondering
> >
> > > if anyone has ever fixed these things.  The screen if full of odd
> > > square shapes with various lines with faded patches morphing different
> > > colors
> >
> > to
> >
> > > almost black.
> > > A hunch tells me it's the electronics, not the actual screen.
> > >
> > > Is this thing a paperweight or does anyone have any fix ideas?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Chris W.
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >   I do have a Dell laptop with spoiled GPU, hence no display.  In my
> > case I've to replace the motherboard to get it
> > fixed. In your case, you need to replace the LCD alone.  You can look at
> > Ebay for old LCDs.
> >
> > I remotely connect to my laptop and use it. I also have festival
> > installed in it, and a custom script that will run what ever
> > command I type and read aloud the output.  And the laptop is  configured
> > with static IP, so I can connect to it remotely.
> > You can remove your hard disk and mount it in some other machine and
> > change the network settings to static IP.
> > Good Luck.
> >
> > --
> > Deepan
That's what I thought at first, so I tried my on-board video card plus another machine, but still the exact symptoms.
Besides, with radom shapes and colors acting independent of input like this, it smacked of an logic board problem.   What I didn't report is that I didn't even get a:  "video signal not present" type message when I disconnected the D-sub interface.
I took it apart and I couldn't find any burning evidence.  The data ribbon that supplies the actual processed signal to the lcd matrix looked a little discolored though.
I've been doing some research to find a logic board for it; my last option is to call long-distance to a Texas Acer parts depot.  It's not cost effective to make calls like that, though.

Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to my new Samsung (1440x900) arriving soon......:^)

I'm not buying another Acer, either.

Thanks,
Chris W.