Gateway Monitor Trouble
Grandma Charlotte's 14-month old Gateway FPD2185W monitor stopped working a couple of weeks ago. A helpful fellow on the Internet said that we might get results by replacing these 8 green capacitors, so I gave it a try, and it worked! He's a genius! 
The new capacitors:
posted by phdendron | 10:15 PM
6 Comments:
hurray for fixing things! I bet your mom was delighted to be up and running again.
How interesting! I like seeing the inside of the monitor. What do capacitors do?
Wow! I've never heard of anyone repairing a monitor before! Excellent!
Capacitors store a charge and then release it suddenly when needed. (I don't have any idea how that applies to a monitor)
Sweet. I've never heard of a home monitor repair either. This is a turn in home computer repair! I'll have to tell Mark.
I just ordered the same caps from partsexpress.com for only $6.93 (total w/ shipping).
Part # 020-1168
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?Partnumber=020-1168&FTR=020-1168&CFID=6007401&CFTOKEN=72643551
Cheaper to order 10 than 8 b/c of the bulk pricing. Make sure not to add the free catalog during checkout, for some reason it keeps you from picking the First-Class Mail shipping option (cheap & fast!). Would have cost almost $20 from Radioshack.com!
I'm looking to try this same fix just as soon as these caps arrive! Thanks for posting the pictures and info!
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