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So I came across a guy that just upgraded his monitor because his went out. I took the old monitor to see if I could maybe get it going again, just for the hell of it.
So I get it home and hook it up to power (no video cable) and it powers up and shows "no cable connected" on the screen and I can go through the menu options.... Okay. So I hook it up to a computer and it works..?

Here's the kicker tho. If I turn the monitor on after its been setting for awhile (unplugged) and leave it on, it works perfectly fine. If I fire the monitor up and turn the monitor off or disconnect the power cable, it will not come back on.
I had some running to do and didn't want to risk a fire, so I unhooked it and did my business. After I got back, I hooked the monitor up and have been surfing the internetz and played several games with perfect results.

It's not hot to the touch and the picture looks perfect.

The model number is an HP vs17. Anyone ever hear of that, and what are the risk of a fire, video card blowing up, etc?

Btw, the information (back light hours etc) seems to have reset itself. It was all zeros, now its 00001

 

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Well, its been a few hours now, and its still going strong. Very weird.

 

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Just wanted to update this, and add a success story, if you will.

This monitor (HP VS17) stayed on for a total of 3700+ hours (total usage plugged in) and was used (backlight was on) for just over 1,200 hours. I never once unplugged the monitor the entire time.
A couple days ago, the power goes out and the monitor doesn't work. So I let it discharge overnight and it still didn't work. I ripped the entire thing apart and all the capacitors looked great, but the inverter board was making a slight ticking sound when plugged in.

So after a day and a half messing with it, I decided to try the oven trick. I placed the entire metal casing (removed wires/tape and all that) for the LCD screen in the oven, with the boards attached to it. I baked it for about 6-8 minutes on 400*F and re-assembled just enough to test it.
Much to my surprise, it worked! I powered it off and unplugged it, reassembled it completely and..... IT POWERED BACK ON!

This is the first time I've ever "fixed" a monitor and it felt damn good.

Sorry for the long read, lol.

 

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Another update:

It died again... Actually I accidentally unplugged it. Anyways, this monitor once again would not start up, so guess what I did .....? It went back in the oven

I baked the boards @ 385/400 *F for 7 minutes and reassembled. This time however it did not power back on. I grabbed another monitor to use and figured it was officially dead this time. About 3/4 hours go by and I figured I give it one more try to see If I was lucky.

I plugged it in, pressed the power button and it powers on. Simply amazing. This monitor just refuses to die.

/rant.