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Bulb or Inverter?

croxiscroxis I am the walrus
in Zocalo v2.0
My nice old second monitor is having a sad issue. After flicking on for a second the backlight goes out (fast, not a slow dim). I have to turn the monitor on and off about 10 times for the backlight to remain on. I'd like to try and replace the part that dying but my adventures on google only give ambiguous or contradictory answers. Is there a way to tell which part is dying?

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  • RedAssAg05RedAssAg05 Ranger
    On all the Dell monitors we have had this issue with, it has been the inverter every time. After we replace that guy, the monitors keep on truckin'.

    Sadly I can't guarantee that is your issue but it sounds similar to what I have seen.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Croxis: The fact that the bulb will finally stay on after about ten tries tells me it's the inverter. It's not able to start up and maintain supply to the bulb till it warms up a bit (thus the ten tries thing) [OMG! 5 T words in a row] anyway...

    Logic tells me the bulb would be more apt to just go out than to come to life after a few tries.

    ;)
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Are we now having a t-words in a row contest? If so, then the ten tries thing takes ten tries to train the thing to turn on? (14 in a row!)
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    hah hah! :D
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