[rescue] Sun Voyager: a) great story b) repair question c) looking for a new home

[Toby Thain]

On 2021-11-03 1:01 p.m., Doug McIntyre wrote:
>> Question: is there an obvious cause for LCD failures / are there easy ways to
>> troubleshoot/repair this? The repair guide says: just replace the LCD. That
>> will be hard..
> 
> LCD panels especially succumb to the same drying out of electrolytic
> capacitors that plague the industry.
> 
> I am 3 for 4 in fixing LCD panels by replacing the obviously blown

I see better than 90% success by recapping (I've probably fixed 20 or 30 
- another one this week).

Stop and think about that level of pointless waste...

--Toby

> electrolytic capacitors on the control or power board inside the LCD
> panel.  Just look for any bulging cans, especially on the vent end, as
> they are designed to vent out the magic smoke.
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