Calling all repair tecs.

[Lolboy]

Managed to get my hands on a dead Taxan monitor from work which was gonna be chucked out. Me being me, I couldn't let that happen until I had got my nose inside to find out whats wrong with it. When it died, it gave a splut and a cough then a wisp of smoke came out of the top.
I have stripped it down and had a poke about and found a capacitor that has 'popped' (see picture). I was wondering if its possible for me and my trusty soldering iron to get a replacement and change it and hopefully fix it. :confused:
Is anyone familiar with repairing screens and can give me some advice?
The monitor is a Taxan EV737TC099-s 17" and only about 2 years old or so.

Lolboy.

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[crono]

you forgot to kick it.

[Mad Bad John]

Cant open your picture dude what does this capacitor look like _ is it a small disc shape like a penny?

[mackerel]

The pic didn't come up on mine either, but manually cutting and pasting the url works.

The cap is an electrolytic jobbie. Certainly replaceable, but the question would be if anything else blew and needs fixing too?

[Mad Bad John]

Check around the general area for any obvious damage & then I would try replacing the cap - keep fingers clear when you fire it up - lots of HV on monitors!:xpirate:

[Berkswolf]

Lolboy. Do a check on Taxans website, they may have a 3 years warrenty and may swap it out for a new model :) They are conveniently based in Bracknell too. :)

[Lolboy]

Went with your idea Berks. Got in contact with Taxan service dept with the serial number etc. They have confirmed it is still covered under warranty. :D

Its being collected tomorrow. :D :D

Lolboy.

[Player0]

Good deal :) TVs are scary...i had one melt a screwdriver tip. Arc welded the damn thing. Without the proper tools, tv repair can be difficult. Its my experience that theres no such thing as just 'one dead part'. That cap may have blown because of a fused transformer or a short or a cold solder joint. Its probably likely that fixing the capacitor would have caused more damage to other parts of the monitor, or at the very least, just blown up again.

Oh...the melted screwdriver? That happened when I tried to repair an old projection TV I got for free. I replaced a few capacitors and the green sweep transistor. Turned it on, and it looked like a sci-fi movie with sparks everywhere. Turns out, the part I fixed had burned out because of water damage to the green projector powersupply board. The traces had literally bubbled off the board, and it was a bad short. Reconnecting the sweep transitor circuit closed the loop again, and fireworks. Before it blew up....having a 80" screen in my bedroom playing mario kart was cool, even if it was in just red and blue :)

[Lolboy]

This thread was from a while ago but a little update.

I got on to Taxan and got another monitor out of them under their 3 year warranty which was nice. It was also faulty, had a red tinge to the screen no matter how much I played with the settings. They sent me another which even though is not perfect its pretty good and will do.
Since then I have 'acquired' another and it has exactly the same capacitor smoking after a few minutes of use and obviously gonna pop soon.

Beware of Taxan monitors especially the 737 tc099-s model it may die after a couple of years use.

Now where was Taxan's phone number again...

Lolboy.