is this fixable or should i trash it

Jean · 14th June 2004, 07:48 PM

I have a gateway 17" LCD screen that works most of the time but sometimes likes to flicker . LCD isn't cracked, and when it works it looks great but maybe once a day or so it start showing garbage on the screen and turning the screen off and back on normally fixes the problem ?

Any suggestions ?

Hezz · 14th June 2004, 09:32 PM

Jean,

my guess is that there are a couple of bad solder joints somewhere in the panel and when it gets a little bit warm some connections fail or gather too much capacitance.

If that is the case you should use it if it will stay on long enough to watch a movie. The questions is how long does it take before the screen starts to flicker. Five minutes chuck it. One hour maybe use for a prototype. Two or three hours it can be used for watching a movie and then turned off for a while.

Hezz

corryn00 · 15th June 2004, 10:45 PM

Want some $$money$$ for it?????

Gordon

Jean · 15th June 2004, 11:13 PM

Hezz,

Sometimes it takes several hours to a full day or so before it starts doing that. There isn't a pattern to it from what I can see.

Gordon,

It's FPD1730 from July of 2003, it's all black. Give me an offer

corryn00 · 16th June 2004, 05:18 PM

How much do you "need" out of it including shipping to Canada, postal code T7X-1R4?

Gordon

slizm · 16th June 2004, 06:08 PM

I bought a gateway off of ebay that had a problem like this and the problem ended up being a surface mount hor. output transistor. I replaced it and it's worked fine ever since.

14th June 2004, 07:48 PM	#1
Jean diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA	is this fixable or should i trash it I have a gateway 17" LCD screen that works most of the time but sometimes likes to flicker . LCD isn't cracked, and when it works it looks great but maybe once a day or so it start showing garbage on the screen and turning the screen off and back on normally fixes the problem ? Any suggestions ? __________________ left lane is for passing, slower traffic keep right please.

15th June 2004, 10:45 PM	#3
corryn00 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: canada	Want some $$money$$ for it????? Gordon __________________ BUY FIRST...ASK QUESTIONS LATER!

15th June 2004, 11:13 PM	#4
Jean diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA	Hezz, Sometimes it takes several hours to a full day or so before it starts doing that. There isn't a pattern to it from what I can see. Gordon, It's FPD1730 from July of 2003, it's all black. Give me an offer __________________ left lane is for passing, slower traffic keep right please.

16th June 2004, 05:18 PM	#5
corryn00 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: canada	How much do you "need" out of it including shipping to Canada, postal code T7X-1R4? Gordon __________________ BUY FIRST...ASK QUESTIONS LATER!

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14th June 2004, 09:32 PM	#2
Hezz diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utah	Jean, my guess is that there are a couple of bad solder joints somewhere in the panel and when it gets a little bit warm some connections fail or gather too much capacitance. If that is the case you should use it if it will stay on long enough to watch a movie. The questions is how long does it take before the screen starts to flicker. Five minutes chuck it. One hour maybe use for a prototype. Two or three hours it can be used for watching a movie and then turned off for a while. Hezz

16th June 2004, 06:08 PM	#6
slizm diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Central FL	I bought a gateway off of ebay that had a problem like this and the problem ended up being a surface mount hor. output transistor. I replaced it and it's worked fine ever since.

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