Posts by Alex Fowler15

Alright, thanks for getting back to me.

I actually checked quite a few forums before I decided to swap out the capacitors. My plan was to bump up both the voltage and the uF rating—as long as the capacitance isn't lower than the original specs, right? I figured going slightly higher would just mean they'd last longer... or so I thought. Before I did this, the monitor was acting crazy; it would cycle on and off at least fifty times before finally catching. It felt like it wouldn't even attempt to work until those capacitors fully charged up and warmed through. Anyway, I’ve got it hooked up at my place now, and it’s been running fine for a few hours... everything seems solid. I just can't wrap my head around why the screen used to go completely white like that.

Quick update: The monitor is actually working again, which means it was fine for two days before this happened. I wonder... could it be an overheating issue?

My Dell UltraSharp monitor was being a complete pain... I had to cycle the power like a hundred times just to get it to boot up once. I eventually decided to swap out the capacitors, went a bit heavier on the specs this time, and it actually started working—it’s still running, technically—but now the entire screen is just solid white. Anyone ever dealt with this? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Old caps were 3 pieces at 25v/470 uF, swapped them for 3 pieces at 35v/1000uF.

Yeah, I went ahead and swapped it out, and everything’s running smooth now 🙂

I thought I’d be smart about it too, so I swapped them out, thinking it’d just fire up on the first try and leave the rest alone... but no luck. When I plugged the monitor into the wall, the power button light just kept blinking at me before the whole thing finally kicked on. Looks like the 😢
part is definitely the culprit...

Hey there

I'm running into a bit of a situation with my monitor. I've got these three capacitors that are rated at 25V/1000uF, and I was wondering... would it actually work if I swapped them out for some 35V/1000uF ones? Is there any real risk of blowing something out, or will it just fail to boot up entirely?...

Hey there.

So, I’m running an integrated sound card on my motherboard, and I’ve got a dual boot setup with Windows XP and Windows 8.1. For some reason, the audio on Windows XP sounds nearly twice as loud as it does on Windows 8.1, or even on Windows 7 or 10... I can't figure out if it's a specific codec issue, a driver thing, or maybe something buried in the registry. Does anyone know of any software that can actually boost the volume levels?

I’ve been Googling this for days now, but I just can't seem to find anything useful that actually helps...