acer al1511 problem

does anyone know of a reason why my 15" tft acer monitor is giving me power problems? i know it's not the computer as i have plugged a second monitor into it and that works fine, if i plug the acer in it will power up for a second then the screen goes blank any ideas guys? or is it just stuffed?

Most likely the backlight in the screen is stuffed. You can confirm this by holding the screen in bright light; you should be able to make out a faint image still on the screen. Usually this relates to a problem with the inverter circuit for the backlight.

If the screen is under warranty, return it. Sometimes it is possible to obtain a similar model display with a broken screen but a functional backlight and swap the inverter PCB.

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Jeremy

Marlborough WiFi Project