Gateway Monitor Recall?

Frank: It is not a fuse, may only be the capacitors need replaced but if you are going to do it yourself, I would be interested in repairing it for you, or if you want to sell it for a parts unit. sprint6@zoominternet.net

Sorry, but I trashed it. My fault, as I was disasembling it pieces of plastic were snapping off as I carefully used my putty knife to seperate the front and back halves. This would have probably been alright but I forgot about the tiny ribbon cable for the front bezel control buttons and it too snapped off. Anyway, when I removed the power board I was able to confirm 5 out of the 7 caps were bad - all swelled on top. Chalk this up to experience. Besides, at today's prices for monitor I'll buy a new one. By the way, this problem with the capacitor plague doesn't apply to new equipment today does it?

Hi! I have the same problem with my gateway fpd1976w. A lot have been saying its the capacitors but how do you open the monitor to check? The monitor doesn't have screws. Can anybody please show us how to open this monitor? A video must be a great way to follow instructions. Thank you

My 2185w started doing this about 6 months after I got it. For the last 2 years I've usually just pcycled to get it going again, but it's gotten worse. Took me 10 minutes to get it going this last time. Disappointing.

Jeklor wrote:

My 2185w started doing this about 6 months after I got it. For the last 2 years I've usually just pcycled to get it going again, but it's gotten worse. Took me 10 minutes to get it going this last time. Disappointing.

Drop a line to Sprint6@ zoom internet . net and i may be able to help with this monitor repair. This model is one that I have repaired many of. If you can take some high res photos this would also be helpful to resolve the issues you are having.

Dowjo wrote:

Hi! I have the same problem with my gateway fpd1976w. A lot have been saying its the capacitors but how do you open the monitor to check? The monitor doesn't have screws. Can anybody please show us how to open this monitor? A video must be a great way to follow instructions. Thank you

Go here and read my video blog:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pb1987/

I have a Gateway FHD2400 series display, and it's the one with the bells and whistles. Display decided it wanted to display a red screen on the right hand side of the display while the Left side was "normal". Tried the other inputs, but similar results. If this was an old T.V. with the CRT in it I'd be thinking it was in the chroma circuits, but seeing as this is a display with ASIC's and such, that's not likely. Similar issue bad capacitors? I'll look for schematics in Sams Photofacts (just in case...) but inputs are welcome.
Cat

Porkus_Bellus wrote:

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Go here and read my video blog:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pb1987/

Also, capacitor kit available here:
http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-FPD2185W-LCD-Mo...

Same crap happened to my monitor. Bought a new 21.5 inch Dell at staples on sale for $120.00.

woop wrote:

Same crap happened to my monitor. Bought a new 21.5 inch Dell at staples on sale for $120.00.

Are you going to repair it? Find any swollen electrolytic caps inside?

Ditto. FPD2185W via employee purchase after [expletive deleted] weaseled themselves an exclusive contract for the University of Arizona. Goes blank in a few minutes after a cold start, thereafter stays blank, light is on but nobody home. It's sitting by my door waiting for me to find a repair shop. UofA dropped them along with their campus repair facility. I found a yellow-pages ad for a repair shop that does Gateway work, but couldn't find it. At least the adjustable stand still works holding my HP w2338h that I purchased for less than the discounted Gatewa[explitive deleted] that still works fine after three years. I can't understand how that 'G' company stayed in business this long. According to an Amway salesperson I knew decades ago, there's a new batch of suckers that graduate from high school every year.

Ditto. FPD2185W do you have a repair lined up for this monitor, if not i may be interested in repairing it for you or purchase for internal parts. email sprint6@zoominternet.net

Jack wrote:

Your all losers, learn how easy it is to fix it your self... So Simple just put some effort into your lives.

Jerk

I have the same problem with a Gateway monitor that stopped working after the 1 year warranty expired. This calls for a Class Action Lawsuit.

Trudy,

Lawyers only win in class action lawsuit. Your best course of action is to learn why this has happened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Rather than bang your head against the wall, get help with repairing your monitor or find someone who will repair it on your behalf.

The FPD2185 is an excellent monitor. All it needs are the defective capacitors replaced.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pb1987/

Does anyone know how to test a YPPD-J016C?
I have an CPTOH-0603 that blew fuse on Y-Sus board.
Trying to determine if IC is Faulty.

I have a Gateway LP1925 (HD1900) Blew some caps which I replaced. Monitor worked for a few hours then went back out. No Capacitors failed?? Tested Primary Transformer (OK), Secondary (OK), am I missing something???

Dowjo wrote:

Hi! I have the same problem with my gateway fpd1976w. A lot have been saying its the capacitors but how do you open the monitor to check? The monitor doesn't have screws. Can anybody please show us how to open this monitor? A video must be a great way to follow instructions. Thank you

You remove the stand and with a flat blade screwdriver slowly pry front bezel out of case. It is retained by plastic snaps. carefully lay monitor screen down and back will come off.

I have a gateway also I plugged in the VGA cord and I'm still getting no signal with RGB with red green blue background coming up. Ive checked everything.?????

Well I've had mine for about 6 years now and had no problems at all. I must be a lucky one unless they they made a modification before I purchased mine.