I am having problems with my R15T600 Openframe Touchscreen Monitor.
After warming up the monitor goes into standby mode for 30 seconds or so every few minutes.
Before going into standby there is a high pitched noise - I can't remember if the monitor made this noise before failing or not. When I press the touchscreen the frequency of this noise changes.
I have tested the pc with another monitor and it worked fine. Also tested monitor with another pc and same problem occurred.
Taken the unit apart and i can't see any obvious burnt out bits.
"gavspav" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@e64g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
Bad electrolytic caps in monitor power supply? Look for discolored or bulging caps. An ESR meter would be helpful here.Or just swap out all the electrolytics.(use low-ESR 105 degF switcher-grade caps)
Probably cracked solder joints, shouldn't be too hard to fix but if you're not experienced working on electronics you probably don't have much chance of fixing it yourself.
You sorta hafta look at the horizontal with a scope. There's an internal horizontal oscillator. It cooks along well below the real horizontal signal frequency wise. The Hsync signal from the computer comes along and triggers a new horizontal refresh line before the internal oscillator would on its own.
Lose the horizontal sync, and the monitor's internal oscillator runs for a bit but at a lower frequency (that you hear), the big brother circuit kicks in and says go to standby we ain't got the right drive signals.
Doesn't have to be a wire - but that's a place to start.
Any circuit board connection to the Horz or Vert sync signal amplifiers could cause similar symptoms.
Many monitors use single integrated circuits for each - the horz and vertical drivers. Both are usually high power devices. They are mounted to heatsinks. A common problem is the heatsink expands with the warm-up and stresses the leads to the device - eventually breaking the solder joint. Both heatsink and IC are mounted to the board - but expand at different rates with temperature. Re solder all the connections to those parts will sometimes fix that problem.
It is unlikely that anyone reading about it will give you the right answer - you are in the driver's seat and have to think it through.
I've fixed a lot of monitors and both the vertical and horizontal driver circuits fail frequently. (the monitor I'm using now has had both problems). Power circuits are another weak link - increase the
60-50 HZ ripple on a monitor PS and it starts modulating the 60-70 HZ free running vertical oscillator.
Nine times out of nine it is the construction technique and design that cause problems - very seldom a part failure (except electrolytic's in the PS). They "wave solder" the boards in mass production - but not all connections are happy with just a taste of solder. The larger leads and problem areas need more heat for a good solder joint.
Then we have the old ViewSonic monitors . . . they hang ten pounds of tweaking hardware (coils and pots for pincushion gun drive etc.) on the connector to the CRT - they all die prematurely
Very few component failures for me - but lots of bad solder joints.
If you could describe the sound better - that might be a clue.
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