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Thread ID: 115876	2011-02-07 11:06:00	Viewsonic Monitor Problem	bk T (215)	Press F1

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1176024	2011-02-07 21:40:00	Bad capacitors? A replacement PSU is all well and good but if they are using junk caps (highly likely) then you'll just get the same problem again. Best to replace them yourself with decent capacitors. BAD advise - Its a 2 month old LCD, if you try doing what you suggest you can kiss away the three year warranty :groan:	wainuitech (129)
1176025	2011-02-07 21:57:00	It's not bad advice, obviously you'd wait until the warranty was done, if you can't figure that out then you don't deserve a warranty.	Agent_24 (57)
1176026	2011-02-07 22:01:00	It's not bad advice, obviously you'd wait until the warranty was done, if you can't figure that out then you don't deserve a warranty. So you wait 34 months and then fix it yourself????:groan:	Snorkbox (15764)
1176027	2011-02-07 22:18:00	It's not bad advice, obviously you'd wait until the warranty was done, if you can't figure that out then you don't deserve a warranty. You didn't state that originally. The post suggests you replace what may be faulty caps. Then again they may not be faulty -- Hate to advise, but not all problems are due to bad caps, which seems to be a common reply to many faults.	wainuitech (129)
1176028	2011-02-07 23:15:00	I never said that was the problem, I asked if it was. But it often is, which is why I said what I said. (3 out of 4 monitors I have repaired had bad caps in the PSU as the primary problem, and there are a lot of posts on the Internet of people with the same problem and same solution) The truth is that a replacement PSU is going to be just as bad quality as the original, so it's not really going to be a good fix. If you want to fix it properly you need to do some extra work on it. Up to you if you want to break your warranty or not. I think the most sensible thing to do would be a repair of anything faulty under warranty, once warranty ran out, replace all PSU capacitors regardless of condition as a precaution. (Yeah, I should have written something like this in the first place)	Agent_24 (57)
1176029	2011-02-07 23:37:00	:thumbs:	wainuitech (129)
1176030	2011-02-08 08:21:00	I've got an older VX2025 Viewsonic monitor that has the same fault. I've found if I just pull the plug out of the wall for 30 seconds & plug it back in, it works again. Until the next time. It's not going to help your problem, but it would be interesting to know if the same "fix" works with yours	Phil B (648)
1176031	2011-02-08 08:50:00	I've got an older VX2025 Viewsonic monitor that has the same fault. I've found if I just pull the plug out of the wall for 30 seconds & plug it back in, it works again. Until the next time. It's not going to help your problem, but it would be interesting to know if the same "fix" works with yours Just tried it, no, it didn't work!	bk T (215)
1176032	2011-02-08 09:22:00	Worth a try. Good luck with your warranty claim	Phil B (648)
1176033	2011-02-08 09:45:00	I've got an older VX2025 Viewsonic monitor that has the same fault. I've found if I just pull the plug out of the wall for 30 seconds & plug it back in, it works again. Until the next time. It's not going to help your problem, but it would be interesting to know if the same "fix" works with yours I wouldn't be surprised if that had something to do with dodgy capacitors... :lol:	Agent_24 (57)
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