Important note: this monitor can display very similar symptoms if the signal lead is loose/disconnected or if the graphics card has died in the PC. My info will always be FREE, But if this helps you, please consider a donation to help keep the site going. If your not sure, pay someone else to do it for you. I'm not liable if you damage yourself or your monitor trying this repair. Warning: Only attempt this if you are competent to do so! There can be lethal voltages inside the monitor even when its unplugged. All the info in this page is copyright to me as I spent time working it out, so do not put this info on other websites without asking me first. I decided to trace the fault and write this 'How to' as I could not find this info anywhere on the net. Some say they used cheap caps so that the monitors would be guarenteed to fail, but its more likely that some office bod said 'Oh no Nichicon caps are too expensive, just use cheap ones they work the same'!?! This seems to be due to the fact that for some strange reason Samsung decided to use cheap capacitors in their monitors which are otherwise very well designed and engineered. Nearly all Samsung Syncmaster monitors will suffer from 'Bad Caps' similar to those listed on this page.

This info is primarily for the Samsung Syncmaster 206BW LCD Monitor, although it has been updated with information relating to other similar Samsung Syncmaster monitors (226BW and 223BW).

Syncmaster 226bw specs