You can give me a call sometime if you like, and I can tell you what you need to know. Its a bit much to type out. If you're interested reply directly to me and ill give you my number.
If you open the casing, you'll find 1 to 4, 2 wire electrical connectors. (Usually two). The wires are usually pink and white, but can be different. They are the power wires for the back light, which is ccfl? I think? They require a high voltage to operate (30,000v) the inverter changes the internal voltage (5-12v) to the required voltage. If its burnt out, the back light may not work at all, or may work at first and then turn off. If you look carefully the picture will still be on the screen but almost impossible to see. Attached are some pictures of the wires from a lamp I removed from an Acer LCD panel. Of all the ones I've taken apart this is more or less universal. The inverter is usually highly specific to the monitor. Easiest way to find one is to take the old one out and get the model number off of it.
On Jan 4, 2012 11:40 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote:I bought a new monitor. We cannot be down, this was being used for a
project. This is now a (non-working) retired spare.
Can you tell us more about whatever inverter it might need, or how to
diagnose?
I would like to hear how to fix these, in case Monitor 2 (identical
twin) goes down. Identical twin was actually bought earlier & is 5
seconds out of warranty, but still rock-solid. But if it dies we will
not be happy campers.
Thanks,
Liz
On 4 January 2012 23:22, Jason Couture <plaguethenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like the inverter, did you see if they were available? There usually
> fairly easy to change.
>
> On Jan 4, 2012 11:20 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Offering this here first. I have a monitor which started blacking out
>> 3 days ago. I always liked this monitor (had 2, the other one still
>> doing just fine!).
>>
>> This is an Acer Flat-screen monitor, 19-inch screen, 1680x1050, DVI or
>> VGA input. The resoultion on this is especially nice. Good color, at
>> least I always enjoyed it.
>>
>> Specs:
>> Acer X193WBD. 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1680x1050, (WSXGA+),
>> 2000:1, DVI, Black (A179-1944)
>>
>> This ls not-quite 3 years old, still in warranty. It powers on, but
>> flickers, then black-screens. Acer says they can and will fix it
>> (free parts / labor) . It needs to be shipped back to Acer (in Texas),
>> who will fix it & return within a few weeks.
>> Shipping might be around $40.00, but is still considerably cheaper
>> than buying a new monitor like this. Acer ships back at no cost, the
>> only shiping cost is one-way, TO Acer.
>>
>> Or if you are good at fixing stuff like this, it might be just the thing.
>>
>> E-mail me for details if interested. I'm in Worcester near Elm Park.
>>
>> Liz J
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