If you could still see stuff on the screen when it went black its definitely a backlight problem. Usually the backlight inverter is the part that fails. Worst case scenario is the power supply that powers the inverter has failed. A bad inverter can be replaced but a bad power supply requires professional repair. If you…
Fixable? maybe... Usually it is easier to just replace them though. They are a separate circuit board that just powers the lights. About the size of a large stick of gum. When you open the monitor you will be able to get a part number off of it and start doing some google seaching.
OK, quick newb-ish question: Is this the inverter board? It's the circuit board that the power plugs in... I officially have no idea what i'm doing. Or it's probably this, but i haven't unscrewed it yet. Looks dangerous to do so. o_O scratch that, turns out the first one is the inverter thingy.
Ok, so my secondary monitor (19 inch samsung 940N) stopped working. The screen flickers a bit after the monitor is on for more than a couple of minutes, and then goes black with the light staying blue on the power button. I'm betting it's a faulty capacitor, but I can't be sure, since... well, I can't even open the damn…
Not to derail the thread, but i've also got a samsung 20" syncmaster 203b that sort of died on me recently. I've since gotten a new monitor to replace but it would be cool to know if its fixable. Heres what happened: After a while I had this problem where when i turned the monitor on, it would snap on for a short second,…