[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Hi,[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]I’ve had an Acer P243W for a few years. All of a sudden about a week ago the screen went black.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Thought my PC was playing up, so restarted, but the screen didn’t come on, it was late so I went to bed.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Next night powered up and everything was fine for a few hours then the screen went black again.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]The power button is still blue (indicating a source) and the PC is running fine.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]More usage and it got to a point where after a few minutes (or seconds later) it would go black, turning it off and back on sometimes gives a few minutes other times a second and off again.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]I did a flashlight test but couldn’t see a picture, though my room was pitch black at the time, so I’m not 100% certain.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]I was fairly sure something has gone wrong, so I took it apart, looking for bulging/leaking capacitors etc, but didn’t find any.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Have mainly concentrated on the power board though.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Any ideas what it could be or how I might go about troubleshooting? Also how can I test the power board is this possible, I have a multimeter but a great deal of knowledge of electronics…[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
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[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Any help would be greatly appreciated..[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Thanks[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]Chris[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
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