I've worked on one,it had Surface Mount 'everything'. A bad connection may be tough to find,but not impossible. These things are quite expensive,so a little patience may be rewarded with a nice repair bill Peggs At 11:59 AM 6/9/04, Kevin wrote: >This flat panel came in with picture that looked like a generic flag: 2 >thick black stripes (up and down) on either side of a white middle. As >I connected and disconnected the computer, the image kept changing. >When I replaced the 15 pin connecter from the monitor to the computer >with my cable to test the customer's cable, the monitor started working. >I put the customer's cable back on and it is still working. Now when I >whack the monitor the picture flashes but is working steady now. >Obviously there are bad connections, but where might I find them? I >know these are hard to work on so I would like to know what I'm getting >into before I tear it apart. Thanks. > >Kevin Wilks >Kevin's TV & Video Repair >Penticton BC Canada >kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/