broken LCD

[culexor]

i have this monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824112004

today i woke up and turned my lcd on, it made kind of a hissing noise, when the screen finally showed up (after a couple of seconds) i noticed the screen was a bit dark, then the screen just went away after 3 seconds but the power led was still on. so i tried again, same thing, switched power cords, same thing, let it sit for 30 minutes (on and off), same thing. so i looked through my records and i found that i hadn't registered my product (doh!) and my warranty had expired (would have anyways even if i registered it). well now i'm in a pickle. i'm using an old crt monitor for the time being, but i need a replacement, this thing is just huge. i would buy a new monitor, but i dont have any money ($40 to my name). ok, well now that im jumping to conclusions i forgot to ask, is there anything i can do before confirming that it is broken?


ps: hopefully i will win like $1000 or something, then i can get a new monitor. oh and maybe a new xbox 360. lol.

 

[Fisher]

can you still see a faint picture if you look really hard at the screen or is it just pure black?

 

[ssc456]

sounds stupid but to get at the same point fisher is going for if you shine a lamp or torch behind it is the picture any easier to see ?

i think the backlight may have jus gone in which case if you look carefully like fisher said you should be able to see it just about

 

[culexor]

no i can see it fine, its just a tiny bit faint, it only stays on for about 3 seconds. it sounds like there is some kind of surge and my mom said she heard a loud pop this morning (i was still sleeping). capacitor or something?

 

[amp27]

that happened to my teacher computer in school. it was a crt though. so i leads me to beleive it is not you monitor. just like what you said. she got a new crt and 10 minutes later pop. she when though 2 or 3 screens that day.

i forget what they did to fix it thoght. i said it might be the cable. the cable the supplies the picture. the insolating might have melt and something is shourt causing you screen to no work.are you using a different cable with your crt. (not power. the other) it so that might be your problem. just dont use any of the first cable. untill you no they are good.