Monitors

[bosco]

Anyone hear ever work on computer monitors? Anyone know of a good troubleshooting guide for monitors? I know that everyone says that if your monitor is bad, just toss it and get a new one, it will be cheaper, it's not worth it. Well i've came into a few monitors(4) that are dim. The brightness is up all the way but it's still dim. Any suggestions besides toss'em?

[PardeGT]

Usually, we recommend that unless you really know what you are doing around electronics - specifically being monitors or televisions you should not attempt to work on the internals of a monitor. This is due to the very high current stored in the caps.

Sounds possibly like a bad tube and it would be cheaper to buy a new monitor than to get it fixed.