Re: Inverter tester using old CFL

I just became a member, looking to repair my GATEWAY hd2200 / SAMSUNG 226BW screen, found a frayed HV wire right at the Silicon boot attached to the CCFL, the Lamp had burst and white stuff all over the back lead me to the trouble. I used this home CFL method and found inverter to be working somewhat. lamps still shut off and back on now in about 30 sec intervals, instead of 2sec to black. wonder if some component has also shorted on the inverter board.
All caps have been replaced, whole board re-soldered, and computer was attached to avoid...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello there, Have electronic and drafting degrees from 1974 back when the first computers were HUGE and took up the whole room, Built and had multiple computers over the years, worked 40 year for Railroad communications. On this forum to find info on repairing my GateWay 22in, HD2200 monitor, comes on for 2 second and then black, replaced all caps, that were not bulged, still looking for the trouble. and searching these forums for all of your knowledge, thanks Dan