Dell TFT problem

[ferg]

Daughter's monitor has gone dark after 18 months. Is it fixable??

[thepassenger]

Could be anything from a dry joint to a blown tube.

Try turning the machine on with the monitor connected and throw as much light as possible on the monitor. Do you see anything? If so then the actual panel is working fine and it's either the doohicky that kick starts the backlight or the backlight tube itself.

If no picture then it could be a dry joint somewhere and the local repair place (maybe even a TV repair place) can fix it.

[deva link]

You could send it back to Dell and quote the sale of goods act at them. Expect a lot of argument though, and with the cost of returning it, it might not be worthwhile.

Edited by deva link on Friday 29th September 11:35

[That Daddy]

sounds like the back light as blown,speak to DELL on this one,good luck.Or possibly an outlet for DELL over stock dealers.