OT: greenish area in new monitor

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2 May 2019 12:02:39 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>From my experiences with CRT monitors and broken VGA cables, the whole
>screen is missing a colour. Nowadays I'm using a LCD display
>connectedby a HDMI cable and I neither didn't experience a cable or
>connector related issue, nor a broken semiconductor. I suspect that if
>a HDMI cable should be broken and/or a connection should be fishy,
>neither the whole screen is missing a colour, let alone that a part of
>the screen is missing a colour. IMO the OP should take a look at a
>forum that focus on repairing equipment.
>Very seldom the cable or a connection caused issues, if one of my CRT
>monitors failed, most often I needed just to resolder some soldering
>joints on the CRT's PCBs, very seldom I needed to replace
>semiconductors.
>I've got some experiences with issues of CRTs and repairing CRTs, but
>no experiences with LCDs, since my LCD monitor isn't old.
>
>IMO guessing, without experiences is wasting time. Either ask a friend
>who has got experiences with broken LCDs and repairing those LCDs or
>join a forum that is aimed for sharing experiences with repairing gear.

PS: Getting access to the PCBs of all the CRTs I repaired was
relatively easy-peasy, at worst it was a little bit annoying, but I've
got no idea how to open and close the case of my LCD display :D.

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