20 Most Recent Dell E173FP 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Look for bad solder joints, common problem due to poor design (the AC inlet is held in place by three solder joints, it should have been screw-mounted to the chassis)
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Have you check all connection to see if they are right, check if no cable was unplug, if you have and yet no picture display, It could be that the picture board on your monitor has started malfunctioning, since the power led or button is on, it means the picture board of your monitor has developed fault.

The best thing for you to do now is to take the monitor to a local repairer within your vicinity or any service center to help with the replacement of the picture board because the fault is not something you can fix yourself, in order not to complicate issues.

Take care.

Most common failures in Dell E153/152/172/173 are blown fuse, shorted transistors in the inverter circuits.
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Please post back what you find.

I would try it on another PC first, also check the VGA cable connectors at both ends. It can be that the filter caps in the power supply are failing inside the monitor.
If you decide to open up the monitor, please look through my albums so you will have some idead what to look for inside.
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possible causes
1) video card slipped out of the slot, after shut the system down try reseat the video card
2) video card faulty
3) video card cable faulty.
try with some other vid cable, if it doesnt work with above mentined 1 and 3, then card cud be faulty.

Common problem with these Dell are shorted transistors, bad caps, poor solder joints. Please see the pictures so you will know what to test and look for inside:
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Dude your problem was so similar to the problem that i have encounter yesterday with my client.
Problem: when she turn on the system unit it is OK. but the monitor displays only the orange LED below the monitor but no hardware information display on it. Solution: The problem is on your system unit peripherals upon over heat due to use of the pc.

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Check those fuses, transistors, caps, soldering works, etc. Post back so we can guide you further.
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You may have to open it up and look for bad soderling works, see my pictures to see what bad solderign joints look like. Also check fuses, connectors, etc.
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I assumed that it does the same with other PC also.

Common problems with this Dell model are shorted transistors, bad solder joints, bad transformes. You will need to open it up. See some pictures here for a guide so you know what to look for: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums
Replacement board: http://www.lcdrepair.us
Post back what you find so we can guide you further so it will also help out other people with the same problem also.

Most common failure in this model is shorted transistors in the inverter circuits caused by poor solder connections, see pictures here for guide: http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy352/budm/Dell%20E173FPb/

Check for bad caps and bad soldering joints, see pictures here: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums

You are OK with the power cord, more likely to be failure in the power supply/Inverter board, look for bad fuse and shorterd transistors, see Dell pictures here: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums
Transistors should be checked out off circuits.

Power LED is turning on and off because the power supply is in shutdown-restart mode becuase it sensing over current draw, it can be bad caps in power supply, shorted tramsistors (c5707) in the inverter circuits. See pictures: http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy352/budm/Dell%20E173FPb/
Check the fuse and the transistor out (check Emitter and Collector pin for short circuits)

Look for shorted out transistors (4) (c5706/5707) in the inverter circuits, this is common problem, post back what you see so we can guide you further.

It goes black because it went into shutdown due to fault in the inverter circuits, check the 4 transistors in the inverter circuits for shorts, http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy352/budm/Dell%20E173FPb/

got it repair by the service centre because it is a major problem

If it fades linearly, it is probably the high voltage inverter for the backlight fluorescent lamp. Generally, the lamp dies over time with some flickering of it first.
That inverter is normally on a small, separate board and once the unit is open, it is easy to locate and replace.