shaolin77
December 21st, 2010, 05:14 PM
Hey Everyone,
I need the community's voice of reason here....I recently was given a faulty 19 inch wide screen Monitor and I'm having a hard time deciding whether I should invest some money into fixing it...part of me doesn't want to junk it..its actually a nice monitor.
The monitor is a Dell 19 inch Widescreen (model SE198WFPS) and I think that CCFL backlights are starting to burn out.... I can turn on the monitor and see images and at times for more than 5 minutes...then the screen goes black...however..if you look really closely you can see there is still an image...some say its the backlights going bad others say could be the inverter which powers on the backlights.
The problem here is cost benefit...I've been searching the web for the right CCFL backlights...and have only found one online place that provides the full assembly which could save me time in soldering..cutting cables, refitting tubes..etc.
This Monitor requires 2 CCFL assemblies and the cost for both will be around..around $55.
At this price..for 2 CCFL backlight assemblies...something tells me its not worth it...I can save up a a few more bucks and get my self a monitor a local store online such as NewEgg.
I guess worse case scenario is that if its not the backlights and its the backlight power inverter..then...I just spent $55 for nothing...and and replacing the inverter will be more expensive....which at that point I could have bought a new monitor...hassle free....as I'm writing this...it seems sounds logical to just save a few more bucks up and get a new monitor...but wanted to know what the community thinks.
Thanks Everyone.
I need the community's voice of reason here....I recently was given a faulty 19 inch wide screen Monitor and I'm having a hard time deciding whether I should invest some money into fixing it...part of me doesn't want to junk it..its actually a nice monitor.
The monitor is a Dell 19 inch Widescreen (model SE198WFPS) and I think that CCFL backlights are starting to burn out.... I can turn on the monitor and see images and at times for more than 5 minutes...then the screen goes black...however..if you look really closely you can see there is still an image...some say its the backlights going bad others say could be the inverter which powers on the backlights.
The problem here is cost benefit...I've been searching the web for the right CCFL backlights...and have only found one online place that provides the full assembly which could save me time in soldering..cutting cables, refitting tubes..etc.
This Monitor requires 2 CCFL assemblies and the cost for both will be around..around $55.
At this price..for 2 CCFL backlight assemblies...something tells me its not worth it...I can save up a a few more bucks and get my self a monitor a local store online such as NewEgg.
I guess worse case scenario is that if its not the backlights and its the backlight power inverter..then...I just spent $55 for nothing...and and replacing the inverter will be more expensive....which at that point I could have bought a new monitor...hassle free....as I'm writing this...it seems sounds logical to just save a few more bucks up and get a new monitor...but wanted to know what the community thinks.
Thanks Everyone.