Samsung 226bw Monitor Repair and Info Guide Blinking Flickering No Picture

[Exorcism47]

My monitor (LCD) starts to jam by when I turn it on, simply the image is jamming and I can see this when I open a window for example Computer, the edges of the window is jamming.

The whole image is jamming.

I opened the cover, and there are no leaking capacitors.

Whats wrong with it?

[snowdoggieii]

Samsung admitted the bad caps and offered replacements and reimbursements for repairs but only for theirs TVs they have yet admitted anything to the monitors.

[shmurthy]

@snowdoggieii

My LCD monitor is samsung 2043nwx , now unusable, as the No signal message and menu buttons are working do you think is there any issue with the D Sub connector or the Video Circuit where VGA cable is connected? How can I get the picture back?

[shmurthy]

Hi I had similar problem and the led just blinks and also capacitors are leaked two 1000uf 16V.

I Replaced the capacitors and No Signal pops up when no VGA connector is connected but as soon as when I connect VGA cable screen turn blue or some time Black, no picture appears on screen.

[snowdoggieii]

@shmurthy are the caps in the correct direction? are the connection secure and the joint connected? Then check the power cable, maybe it is in the wrong direction

[shmurthy]

@snowdoggieii

Few days back it stooped working and started showing black or blue screen but it was giving no signal pop-up then also, Before that I had problem with blinking LED and picture use to come up late as mentioned in this video but was working.

After replacing the caps,

Now replaced most of the caps except the big one like 450v 100uf.

Yes I checked with multimeter they are soldered correctly and still black screen problem is not resolved.

[deTEDvdParre]

W00t! I fixed my Samsung 223BW!

[danskmacabre]

Thanks SOOO much. I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly. :)

[fausto412]

Just did the fix with 5 1000 uf capacitors and 1 430 uf capacitor. Monitor works and it was relatively easy. Thanks for making this video. I spent 35 bucks including a couple of items for soldering and the actual caps. Got bigger caps due to that's the only thing they had in stock. They are bigger and temp is rated lower but the guy at Radioshack said the temp doesn't matter since they wouldn't get as hot. It almost makes you wonder if Samsung makes their hardware so that it fails people

[fausto412]

would this fix the 226bw if it doesn't power up anymore? my wife's screen just went down.

[SickPuppy2]

@fausto412 My thought is probably not.

[fausto412]

@SickPuppy2 Update for you. My 226bw is working. The caps were the issue. got some slightly bigger ones at Radioshack and replaced the back ones. took a couple of hours including the trip to Radioshack. $35 bucks including tools. 

[RdNk217]

Props Man, My monitor started flashing a few days ago and up until now it stops after a few minutes, but its progressively getting worse. I love Samsung products, I got a solid 4 years out of this monitor, so im cool with spending a few bucks on some capacitors. My only regret is that now i don't have an excuse to get a new/bigger Samsung monitor haha

[UK2DMC]

Its true 3 jears and the monitor is gone... !!!!!!!

[cbumpous]

Thank you so much.... my monitor has been sitting in a corner for 2 months now when I saw this video (on my old 19" monitor). 3hrs. and $12 later, my monitor is back in action! Wow, forgot how nice a 24" is! Girls can fix stuff too! I also had help from "how to solder and desolder stuff" video as I'd never used a soldering iron in my life. Gotta say, getting the old ones out was the hard part. I have a woodburning/solder iron which might have been the problem, but it worked eventually!

[970357ers]

My 223BW is 5 years old with no issues. Am I the only one?

[cbumpous]

@970357ers

Yes, consider yourself lucky...

[VigrondX]

Thanks so much for this video. I repaired mine. I guess my 226bw was a rarer one as it had 4 capacitors in that little corner, 3 820s and 1 330. I ordered mine from Mouser Electronics online, very cheap. $5.40 + shipping for 6 820s & 1 330.

[jonas3333]

I DID it! And this is a feat for me. Thanks to videos like this, I was able to do it myself, first time soldering. (or anything like this really)

I'm sure my job looks messy compared to most. Seemed to take a lot longer than others to heat up the solder to take out the capacitors. Maybe I didn't have the right soldering gun. But Yay! No flickering and I saved $200 and a hassle!

[jagerhaus1]

Thank you! Another Samsung monitor repaired!

[WorldCitizen06]

I saw this video months ago, I finally got around to making the repair and it worked. Thank you for the video.

[bigseer]

What the skinny rubbery piece beside the three 830ufs that is my damaged piece? It has no markings. Mine says cc021 in the L101 spot. Is that where the 330uf cap goes or is it a different type of capacitor or is it a type of fuse? It definitely has different diagram markings then the 830 uf spots.

[SickPuppy2]

@bigseer That is rubber heat shrink tubing over the outside of an electrical piece. I don't think it is even a capacitor. But, no, that is not one of the 3 capacitors that need changed. See the video.

[mattbhame]

I am very much appreciative of you making this video.

It does come across as you winging it as if you have not done this before on this particular model and was sort of discovering what you were doing as you were going along.

If that is not the case that I would recommend taking more video close-ups of particular points of interest of a device instead of holding the camera in one hand and trying to generally-show what you're doing.

But the bottom line is I needed help and your video has he

[ClausVanship]

Managed to get my 226bw working again with this video. Thank you very much.

[korova66]

Thank you very much for the video. Saved me some money

[jhurloo]

i have same problem with my monitor it is also sansung have same curcuit board which one u repaired in video, but my capacitors looks good from out side ,they were not poped out ,should i raplace these three or check them out first,can you please explain how to check these capacotors on circuit boardwheather they are good or bad.

[jimwsea]

Thank you, sir for helping me do this repair myself. I used a magic marker to mark the locations of all the plugs, as well as the positive and negative holes for the replacement capacitors. It was also my first time soldering anything.

I put everything together and its been working fine for the past 12 hours. Of course, there was one part left over...a 3-sided wire mesh cage about 5 inches long. I didn't see it in your video. Where does the metal cage go?

[Anchoret89]

hi there! i'm just trying to fix my samsung 953 with the same way but forgot to check how the blue and red-pink wires were plugged. so u do you know if the wires are ''always'' plugged ,like u said, like your monitor or your aren't sure .that would help a lot.

[snowdoggieii]

@Anchoret89 well you got a 50/50 chance, good luck

[Anchoret89]

@snowdoggieii actually i had less chances but my memory worked!!! it was reds in the middle and blues in the outside slots and it works! anyways thanks for the reply!

[arsenic0]

@Anchoret89 No help for you but ill write this for those with 226CW's. Pink goes on the inside of each connector. From top to bottom Top connector Blue - Top Pink - Bottom Bottom Connector Pink - Top Blue - Bottom

[Anchoret89]

@arsenic0 htanks for the replies both you and snowdoggieii.. i've re-assembled my monitor already and i took my chances and trusted my memory in some way, and the wires were just like you said in the 226CW. result : 953BW came back to life!! :)

[SickPuppy2]

@Anchoret89 Re: Wire color order for connectors. It's probably too late to help you, but maybe someone else can benefit. I'm taking my BW226 apart now. For the 2, 4-wire connectors on the left I have this from top to bottom: Top connector: blue, black, pink, white. Bottom connector: pink, white, blue, black. On the right side the 4-wire connector has the blue wire at the top, then the 3 white wires.

Suggestion: Write the color order on the metal before you remove the connector.

[SickPuppy2]

I just fixed my second 226BW. The wire colors I listed above aren't necessarily right.

1st, there are 4, 2-wire connectors, not 2, 4-wire connectors.

1st monitor the wire colors from top to bottom were: blue, black, pink, white, pink, white, blue, black.

2nd monitor the wire colors from top to bottom were: pink, white, blue, black, pink, white, blue, black.

The BEST suggestion I have is to write down the color order on the metal with a sharpie before you disconnect them.

[Anchoret89]

@SickPuppy2 well it is late indeed for helping me..however i got lucky remembering clues about the cable order when i unplugged! them and connected the cables correctly and screen is alive again wiht minimum repair cost:D!! The order differs for every monitor model but FOR MY MODEL SAMsUNG 953BW the CABLE ORDER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM is : BLUE - RED - RED -BLUE . Just in case it helps anyone. Hey thanks for replying,help attempt appreciated! :)

[GeracaoHD]

You might need one integrated oscillator ref. fsdm 0565

i replaced all the 5 capacitors and things went bad ....

so, if you want that everything runs well at once .. change the capacitors and the oscillator.

[pdurcek]

Thanks for the informative video. I took my flickering monitor apart and after replacing 1 small and 3 large (all 4 were bulging on top) my monitor starts-up right away. You saved me buying a new monitor.

[avionicswirenut]

I have a samsung 930B monitor....It has the flashing power on light with a black screen...It will come on but takes a while....After watching this vid I took a look at the power supply caps and found 1 bad cap with the bulge out of 6 in the P/S.....Just waiting on parts to show up and see if it is a good fix....Another type of evidence can be a brown or clear fluid at the base of the cap and it will stink when being de-soldered...

[pdurcek]

Mine went out about 2 weeks after the warranty on it expired. I called Samsung and they said they would not cover it. I`ll buy from someone else in future.

[asorkan]

thank you for the order of blue and pink cables

[venelin26]

good tutorial men thanks

[Spartan117FS]

Thanks! I got my 226BW fixed partially thanks to this video!

They didn't have the 820 capacitance capacitors, but 1000 capacitance caps worked just as well.

[shadowC10ne]

Great video man! One question:

If a screen flickers or has similar problems, does that mean its always a capacitor problem? Also, I got one old Samsung bulky cathode-ray tube TV set which started having these strange problems like: when you turn it on you get black screen (but you can hear the sound) for some time and then you get the screen, then again you lose it and after a number of these blanks the picture finally stays. It now collects dust. My question is: is this the same problem?

[snowdoggieii]

@Karlbox check the connection from the inverter cable maybe it is not secure

[snowdoggieii]

So it has been half a year + since i have fixed my samsung monitor and it is still ticking and working great. I agree this looks bad for samsung to use just a crappy cap mfg. And it is also shitty that these devices all fail around 3 year mark just when warranty expires. It is not worth sending it back to fix when you can Do It Yourself for a few bucks and gain some experience while doing it.

Thank you all for watching this video.

[karlbox]

@snowdoggieii: had my samsung caps replaced too. also the blown fuse. it was working, but in a few minutes, it started flashing. and right now. no display. the pilot light is working. i can hear a charging sound. then a small blink of the backlight and then the recharging sound again.. just looping.. any idea about it? should i replace all the caps?

[snowdoggieii]

@karlbox

I AM SORRY to hear that. So as you mentioned it was working and then just blanked out, then I believe the problem is easy to fix. Either the solder joint came loose ( i would un solder and resolder) or you blew another cap. Also did you make sure you used the right type of cap, with the right specs? If you used a 33uf instead of 330uf it could easily blow.

I would open it up check if theres any more bad caps, then test the joints of the ones you already did to make sure they r good

[karlbox]

@snowdoggieii

i've got a syncmaster 740N. what i've replaced are the 3 caps 820uF - 25v and the fuse. checked it and the new caps' tops are still flat and so are the other original caps, the new fuse is not blown. i can hear a high frequency recharging-like sound and goes off when the backlight blinks at the side of the back of the LCD then loops again.. im planning to change again the caps or also including the large 100uF-450V. but, do you think, it might be other problems?

[SensiRootsBoy]

this is a super common problem for this samsung model with caps going out around 2-3 years. For people looking for a temporary fix while they figure out what to do, just turn your brightness down to maybe 10 and it should solve the problem for a temporary fix. Really saddens me that such a name brand like Samsung puts POS caps in there monitors.

[Darkarium]

Big thanks for the guide. replaced the 3 domed caps. Rarely soldered before in my life and the iron I used was about 20 years old and incredibly rusted but after a little cleaning and some careful soldering it worked perfectly first time. Total cost was 10 pounds for the caps + shipping online. So glad there's still some life left in this monitor - it still looks great.

[MrX600531]

right when you said you head to deal with the samsung locking mechanism you skipped over how to get that those wires disconnected.

[Plexss]

Thank you for this upload, I did the repair myself. My total cost was around 15 dollars. Thanks again!

[yeayoung]

Done in 1 hour. No previous soldering or repairing experience whatsoever. $22 for soldering iron (Weller SP23LK Marksman 25 Watt kit) and desoldering wick @ amazon.com (shipping free). $8.66 for capacitors (330UF 25V JH-2243 X3 & 820UF 25V KA-966 X 6) @ Digi-Key (first class USPS included). If you have a plain old screw driver, under $31 you can DIY!

[HaroldYWong]

120 + cost of shipping, a new one costs almost that much anyway, repairs are such a ripoff when its so easy to DIY

[LancerzRalliart]

I did this over the weekend and now my monitor is like brand new. Thanks man.

[LancerzRalliart]

Man, this is exactly what I needed. I called samsung today and they said it would be $120 to fix. This seems a lot better to me.

[epsvl]

great video thanks so much!

[juantosco]

thanks alot , i had the same problem ,and with your help i was able to fix my samsung 226 bw.

only one suggestion , when your explaining how to fix the monitor by replacing the capasitor, you should explain how to put the capasitor, i mean in what position.

thanks again, i felt great being able to fix my own monitor.

roberto and lucas from israel.

[XeoTerminus]

I had the flickering problem with mine as well. I substituted the 25v 820uf caps for 25v 1000uf caps and it works great. I used this video as a guide just to be sure I was hooking everything up the way it was supposed to go. Thanks a ton for telling which way the pink and blue connectors go. I didn't take it apart so I didn't know where anything went.

Again, huge help. Thanks a ton for this vid.

[masta7100]

for my monitor, I had the flickering for about like 25 seconds, now it turns on for like 1 sec then turn black. Does that mean also a bad capacitor also?

thanks

[lopdebif]

Instead of a butter knife, you can use a credit card so you won't damage the plastic around the monitor =)

[snowdoggieii]

Sorry for the bad vid qty and no focus due to bad recording device (flip ultra) and sorry for the bad grammar, kind of did it on the fly after work