Adam Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hey up guys, little off topic but I'm sure someone here will have an idea. Have a problem with my monitor cable. It's been on the blink for a while where messing with it caused the picture to flicker. Now though it's stuck either really green, blue or red. It's extremely annoying as colours are obviously messed up and it's kinda hard to concentrate on. The faulty part is the jack going into my laptop, the very end of the actual cable. At the other end, going into the actual monitor, you can't remove it like a plug it's just attached. Has anybody had this problem before, or anybody have an idea of what to do? It's a very good monitor and I don't want / can't afford to be buying a new one right now. Is it possible to rewire it at all? Thanks Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Are you sure it's the cable and not the port on the laptop? I would contact the monitor company and see if they will offer you support on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Yeah it's definitely not the port, tried it on another computer. Okay I'll try that, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I've had a monitor do that to me before.... I just trashed it though since it was like 10 years old at the time haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Same, and jiggling the wire would fix it - turned out there was the connection on the monitor had gone bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleary1981 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 If you are realy handy with a soldering iron you can put a new end on. It is really tricky though. I just bought some here http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=1310 you will need to buy a new hood aswell to go around it. Doesn't cost much but the pins are so close it is realy time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Hmm, soldering definitely isn't my strong point- although my faver ain't to bad I don't think. Al give him a buzz, cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleary1981 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 you will definately need some heat shrink also, as the pins are so close together. if you need to know which wires connect to which pin let me know. Assuming the cable on your monitor is similar colours to the ones I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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