14 Dec
2011
14 Dec
'11
7:47 p.m.
On 14 Dec 2011 at 21:32, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/14/2011 08:29 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
I absolutely *love* the idiots who design CCFL inverter supplies for
those monitors with 85C-rated electrolytics hot-glued to heatsinks.
It's almost as if they're designing the thing to fail.
--Chuck
I've "field repaired" at least five
units in this way, giving them a
happy rebirth - The rest of the monitor lasts a lot longer than the
stupid capacitors do. Building in obsolescence like this should be a
crime that puts people behind bars.
Agreed 100%.