8355 N/B MAINTENANCE

8.5 External Monitor No Display

Symptom:

The CRT monitor shows nothing or abnormal color, but it is OK for LCD.

AGP Controller Failure

1.Confirm monitor is good and check the cable are connected properly.

2.Try another known good monitor.

Board-level

Troubleshooting

Check if

Yes

 

U505, J504

 

 

 

Re-soldering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

are cold solder?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

Display Yes OK?

No

Replace faulty monitor.

One of the following parts on the mother-board may be defective, use an oscilloscope to check the following signal or replace the parts one at a time and test after each replacement.

Remove all the I/O device & cable from motherboard except monitor.

Replace

Motherboard

Parts:

M/B

Signals:

 

 

 

Yes

Connect the I/O device & cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display

to the M/B one at a time to find

 

 

 

 

OK?

 

out which part is causing the

 

 

 

No

 

problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U506

Q1

J503

Q2

U9

Q3

U16

RP516

R94

CP502

C211

X3

R505

R139

R508

R141

Q502

L30-L36

CRT-DDCK CRT_DDDA CRT_VSYNC CRT_HSYNC CRT_RED CRT_GREEN CRT_BLUE

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MiTAC 8355 service manual Display Yes OK? Replace faulty monitor