Daytek Monitor Smoked. Suggestion?

Daytek Model DT-1701 M2/MPR
Dated June 1995. S/N 5065300342


Literally heard a loud pop and saw smoke while in use. Smoke quite
visible rising up from inside middle of case. Loud pop sound suggests
a capacitor failed. Opened up plastic cover and disassembled a fair
amount of anti radiation metal panels that form a cage enclosing the
PCBs. I haven't located any burnt parts by sight or by smell yet. The
PCBs and associated cabling is quite a sphagetti mess. The inside of
the monitor and the PCBs are practically new looking so its not as if
there was overheating due to lint build-up.

I am reluctant to disassemble everything at this point. Any
suggestions where I should look for a high failure component/capacitor
in this model? Otherwise its a garbage toss as I don't think any
service shop ever repairs CRT type monitors these days or for that
matter any monitors.

Thanks in advance.

 

[James Sweet]

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Daytek Model DT-1701 M2/MPR
Dated June 1995. S/N 5065300342


Literally heard a loud pop and saw smoke while in use. Smoke quite
visible rising up from inside middle of case. Loud pop sound suggests
a capacitor failed. Opened up plastic cover and disassembled a fair
amount of anti radiation metal panels that form a cage enclosing the
PCBs. I haven't located any burnt parts by sight or by smell yet. The
PCBs and associated cabling is quite a sphagetti mess. The inside of
the monitor and the PCBs are practically new looking so its not as if
there was overheating due to lint build-up.

I am reluctant to disassemble everything at this point. Any
suggestions where I should look for a high failure component/capacitor
in this model? Otherwise its a garbage toss as I don't think any
service shop ever repairs CRT type monitors these days or for that
matter any monitors.

Thanks in advance.

Just keep poking around, this shouldn't be too hard, it's worth fixing if
you can do it yourself.