[ale] OT: Apex PD650 Black Screen

[Mark Wright]

If the back light is out it could be the high voltage power supply 
which is usually one board or the flouresent tube itself.  I repaired a 
laptop recently that had a busted tube.  The power supply was good. It 
drew a pretty blue arc to my meter probe as soon as I came within an 
inch of it.  (thought I'd see if ti worked before I found the shattered 
tube).

If you are having intermitent problems maybe is is a loose connection 
or possible the high voltage supply is going out.

I don't know were you would get parts at a price that would make it 
reasonable to repair.  I pulled the old flouresent tube out of an 
identical screen that was cracked.

Mark


On Dec 16, 2004, at 9:15 AM, Christopher Fowler wrote:

> Two years ago I purchased an Apex PD-650 Portable DVD player and am no
> having some issues.  Sometimes the screen goes out.  I can still see 
> the
> video but is very dark.  Almost like the LCD lost the backlight.  Since
> this unit is out of warranty and a POS anyway I would like to attempt 
> to
> fix it.  Does anyone know that the typical part would be that needs
> replacing?
>
>
>
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