broken monitor

[whewa]

hey I was wondering if anyone knew how I could fix my monitor. My brother broke off some of the connection pins awhile back and it made it so the screen is really dark. The cord is one that comes from the monitor, not one you plug into the monitor. Is there anyway I can find a replacement part for this at all?

 

[Tiveria]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Whewa @ Mar 5 2006, 08:40 PM) [snapback]54145[/snapback][/center]

hey I was wondering if anyone knew how I could fix my monitor. My brother broke off some of the connection pins awhile back and it made it so the screen is really dark. The cord is one that comes from the monitor, not one you plug into the monitor. Is there anyway I can find a replacement part for this at all?
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Not that I'm aware of (I'm not a hard-ware person honestly) but I do know to be very very careful of playing with monitors as they hold a lot of electricity in them!!!

 

[whewa]

yeah I have learned about that in my physics class. I solved the problem as best as I could by filling up the pin hole that the pin was broken for on my graphics card with a piece of wire (lol this graphics card is 32 mb or less I think, so i don't care about it). The screen is much brighter than before, although still pretty bad. Its just my crap computer anyways I don't care much about it.

 

[Ruler-jimbo]

hit it with a baseballe bat!

but really..i dunno :/

wait..hit your brother witha baseball bat..that might make you fell better at least

 

[whewa]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ruler-jimbo @ Mar 5 2006, 08:51 PM) [snapback]54175[/snapback][/center]

hit it with a baseballe bat!

but really..i dunno :/

wait..hit your brother witha baseball bat..that might make you fell better at least
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lol he did it like 2-3 years ago, and he's 25

 

[noahTHEpurdy]

What Tiv said, never EVER open up a monitor unless you know exactly what your doing. The capacitors in them can hold a lethal charge for many years after they've been unplugged.

 

[Ruler-jimbo]

wait...wait..hitting NOAH might make you feel ALOT better





but really...

 

[djmtott]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(noahTHEpurdy @ Mar 6 2006, 05:38 AM) [snapback]54253[/snapback][/center]

What Tiv said, never EVER open up a monitor unless you know exactly what your doing. The capacitors in them can hold a lethal charge for many years after they've been unplugged.
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Yeah, if you don't know what a grounding probe and a digital multimeter are then you probably wouldn't want to open your monitor.

Though in my experience with equipment that holds a huge capacitance charge, the charge will last a while, but not years.

 

[noahTHEpurdy]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(djmtott @ Mar 7 2006, 12:21 AM) [snapback]54285[/snapback][/center]

Yeah, if you don't know what a grounding probe and a digital multimeter are then you probably wouldn't want to open your monitor.

Though in my experience with equipment that holds a huge capacitance charge, the charge will last a while, but not years.
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Its debatable depending on the monitor. 30k volts out of the primary anode and your fucked though.

 

[Tiveria]

And honestly, with monitors these days, it's cheaper to get a new one. It's always cheaper to get a new one than a new life.

 

[djmtott]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(noahTHEpurdy @ Mar 6 2006, 07:57 AM) [snapback]54309[/snapback][/center]

Its debatable depending on the monitor. 30k volts out of the primary anode and your fucked though.
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Depends on the amperage... I've taken a high volt/low amp hit before.

And 30k volts? Where in a monitor can you find 30k volts?

I used 30kv power supplies before... it sent a high frequency signal over 100 miles away at over 700kw.

 

[Tiveria]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(djmtott @ Mar 6 2006, 10:07 AM) [snapback]54312[/snapback][/center]

Depends on the amperage... I've taken a high volt/low amp hit before.

And 30k volts? Where in a monitor can you find 30k volts?

I used 30kv power supplies before... it sent a high frequency signal over 100 miles away at over 700kw.
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It all makes sense now....

/ducks

 

[djmtott]

Oh, sorry about talking shop... electronic theory and RF applications is my field...