Timeline for Old monitor’s internal power supply works only when heated from the outside...fixable?
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| Feb 22, 2020 at 18:48 | comment | added | Bruce Abbott | Broken solder joints are a common fault with single-sided PCBs, especially on components that get hot or have mechanical stress on them (mains socket, large capacitors, power transistors etc.). | |
| Feb 22, 2020 at 18:37 | comment | added | EMJzero | Thanks, I’ll attempt both solutions and then give you some news! | |
| Feb 22, 2020 at 16:24 | comment | added | user16324 | "works when heated" (or cooled, or rapped with a mallet) often points to failed joints like this. | |
| Feb 22, 2020 at 14:50 | comment | added | Marko Buršič | You have a falcon eye. | |
| Feb 22, 2020 at 14:43 | history | answered | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |