SOYO 24" DYLM24D6 Official Thread

Old Man said:
Bahh. Got the shipment today. They sent me the wrong power supply. False hope. :(
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Did the one you received look like the one in the picture?

Any tips on where to look for the actual one? I have two dead SOYO's to revive...looking at this link: http://www.tbcart.com/product/10143855374/Great+Wall+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+7+V%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+7%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EE+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E14+%3C+span%3E+power+supply+Board+%28Specials+rushed+five+diamond+three+months+warranty%29

or

http://englishtaobao.com/product/14210442949/Great+Wall+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EE+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E14+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+LCD+power+supply+Board+the+great+wall+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+7+V%3Cspan+power+supply+board+the+great+wall+class%3DH%3E+24+%3C+span%3E+7+LCD+power+supply+Board

?Looks like the right one?

M24E14
 
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The one I sent for had that power supply shown but then they sent me something completely different. The pinouts didn't match, the board is 2" shorter and the power cord connector is attached with wires to a connector on the PSU.They offered 50% refund with no send back of old unit or full refund if I send it back. I am not spending 20 for shipping for a 12 dollar refund. I definitely am not giving them access to my account for a refund of 6 dollars either considering the blithering incompetence of their shipping department. Total loss. Moving on....

Here's a couple pics
First pic is the difference in pinouts. Old supply on left.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/peeper420/IMAG0029.jpg

Here's pic of supply they sent

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/peeper420/IMAG0028.jpg
 
Nosliw said:
Since you're still getting a Brand X from a Tier X retailer might as well get a Korean model
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Orly?

From my research Nixeus has been around for 3 years... have over dozens of authorized re-sellers for their other products including NewEgg and NCIX... and their corporate office is in USA...
 
Hello, I recently purchased this monitor at a Goodwill and am very excited about it! This is my first step into the world of lcd and I am very happy about it. There was a reason it was there though. It has the horizontal lines issue. The pixels aren't dead though, they are showing the areas around them. I was wondering if anyone has some insight on how to repair it. I saw there was a post asking about the issue but it just linked to this thread which is approaching 1,500 posts. I don't think it is feasible to read through it all so I am just asking. I had searched for the word "horizontal" but most of the hits were about lines appearing when they were new. I am handy with a soldering iron so feel free to make suggestions that would require that. I read on other sites that it may be as simple as a corroded/dirty cable fitting. No matter what I am going in to check the cable. While I'm in there is there anything I should do? I saw couple of posts about different things people mentioned or did, like leaving the back off to relieve heat and applying some more thermal paste to some chips it had dried out on. Also I saw a post about the power board having a stupidly placed heat-sync over a large capacitor, I haven't looked into it but should I remove that heat-sync to increase the life of the power supply? I also had some other questions.

- When I set some games to native resolution the monitor doesn't scale to full screen but instead appears as an approximately 4:3 window on the right side of the screen. Is there a remedy?
- Should I turn full bright off? Does it significantly decrease the life?
- When there is a dvi and vga signal sent to the monitor at the same time it refuses to turn on and I have to unplug it so it will work again. Why?
- What does the dvi option in the menu do?
- When I'm not using it, should I turn it off or I am I fine leaving it in standby? I only ask do to the nature of the sketchy power supply.
- Is there a pdf or anything else as a scan of the manual?
- The monitor is in a room that can hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, should I have a fan trained on it?

I will be thankful for any information on this display.

For reference here are some relevant facts.
The manufacturing date is 7/2007
My graphics card is a NVidia 9800gt
The dvi cable is not the original (since that one is apparently garbage) and the lines also appear when I use vga and when only the osd "no signal" is on the screen.
 
dyesan said:
Did the one you received look like the one in the picture?

Any tips on where to look for the actual one? I have two dead SOYO's to revive...looking at this link: http://www.tbcart.com/product/10143855374/Great+Wall+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+7+V%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+7%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EE+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E14+%3C+span%3E+power+supply+Board+%28Specials+rushed+five+diamond+three+months+warranty%29

or

http://englishtaobao.com/product/14210442949/Great+Wall+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EE+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E14+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3EM+LCD+power+supply+Board+the+great+wall+%3C+span%3E+%3Cspan+class%3DH%3E24+%3C+span%3E+7+V%3Cspan+power+supply+board+the+great+wall+class%3DH%3E+24+%3C+span%3E+7+LCD+power+supply+Board

?Looks like the right one?

M24E14
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Quantity of 9987 ?? Uhhh huhhhh .... you need to read my post on the previous page and see what I pointed out there. I will guarantee you are not getting the proper PSU for your Soyo using that link. Look for a quantity of ONE and that is the one to buy.
 
Well, my beloved monitor finally croaked.

I bought it in August 2007 and replaced the power supply about 3 years later. I even mounted a slow-turning muffin fan on a cutout over the power supply to keeps temps under control, but alas, the monitor began to flicker/freeze more frequently about six months ago. I bought a Dell 24" monitor just to have a backup, and sure enough, a few days ago the monitor wouldn't stay lit for more than a minute or so at a time. So to the Goodwill store it goes. Maybe someone wanting a new project will give it a good home.

The Dell is fine. It's the e-ips version, sold at B&H for $300, so another great deal. Nice image, though I still think the Soyo screen had, I don't know, just something extra.

Merry Christmas to all.
 
Mine just died too, after a good 5-year run. It was a good monitor :( Now to decide what to replace it with...

Hmm, those U2713HMs look fine!
 
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I almost wish mine would straight-up die so I'd have an excuse to spring for a Korean or U2713HM. The image retention on mine is just absurd and gets worse and worse with time (4.5 years old) -- never knew a display could have it this bad.
 
brettjrob said:
I almost wish mine would straight-up die so I'd have an excuse to spring for a Korean or U2713HM. The image retention on mine is just absurd and gets worse and worse with time (4.5 years old) -- never knew a display could have it this bad.
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Hmm, I never had a problem with retention, it just up and died. I've had a look and the U2713HM appears to be super exciting - I may just spring for that. And this after always telling myself to never spend more than $300 for a monitor :D
 
Bringing up an old thread again...

My Soyo Topaz S M24E14 appears as though it's on, however it acts like it has no signal from anything and just turns the screen off to conserve power, while the button LED light is RED. I didn't read the entire thread but jumped around on quite a few pages to see if I could see someone talking about this issue but didn't see any. Go ahead and call me lazy for not reading 38 pages of posts, but I'll at least be searching the forum after post this.

I've loved this monitor over the years and am hoping to get it working again. I've found this site:
http://www.9channel.com/taobao-agent-467e103e-27de-407e-bcc5-18b25dc7c92c-133655.html

That seems to carry the PSU for these, as well as some people talking about how they've replaced the components to the PSU as well.
 
Yep, its your PSU, 100% guaranteed. Its about the only thing that does fail on the PVA Soyo panels. Your only option at this point is EnglishTaobao, but be cautious of it as well. I posted about my experience with them a few pages back in this thread.

If you could find a reliable source for those PSUs, you'd be swimming in Soyo 24" panels. I myself have two that are still undergoing repair, so hopefully by the end of this month my 2 will be back in business.
 
Report back if you fix yours before I fix mine.

Sadly, I'm not proficient enough to solder, so I'm shipping it to a friend for him to fix.
 
My Soyo just died after 5-6 years, sadly. Is there a step by step guide to installing the replacement power supply? Is the monitor pretty reliable after the fix?

I haven't soldered since I took EE I and II in college 3 years ago... I was just alright at it. I wish I was better at fixing circuits, you guys seem to be able to look at the components and trouble shoot any issues pretty easily.
 
I think I saw some step by step somewhere, but I don't remember where. But the fix worked GREAT.
 
I'm staring at my fixed Soyo right now. The hard part of fixing it is just finding the PSU. If you have any electronics experience, replacing it is easy as pie. No soldering required (at least for me).
 
Finding the PSU was the easy part in my mind. It's where you connect your power cord into inside the monitor. Pretty easy. The hard part was replacing the caps under the heatsink. But overall the process shouldn't be that hard.
 
I guess I got lucky. I didn't have to replace any caps, I just swapped out one PSU for another. Although I do remember those kits that are sold (were sold?) on ebay around the time I was looking for a repair.
 
Well sure, if you swap out the entire PSU, you wouldn't need to solder. But if you wanted to go the cheapest route and can't find an entire working PSU somewhere, then you're doing the soldering yourself.

The other thing is that if you buy an entire PSU, you risk the chance of the same issue happening again within a couple years. At least with replacing the CAPS, you can put in better quality CAPS that will last longer.
 
The PSU I bought was a new model that was referenced (earlier in this thread, I think) as putting off way less heat, which was hypothesized to be the issue with the PSU failing. I didn't just swap out the same model. :) But, I agree with your logic re: the caps.
 
I ordered one as well. Gonna try to revive the dead monitor. The bad thing about it is my son scratched the screen with a razor blade. So, it doesn't look good like it used anymore, but still usable.
 
ShepsCrook said:
I never ordered from them. In the end, I went this route:

http://click.hardforum.com/?url=htt...95a&id=1&match=1&source=none&destination=none
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Khaydarin said:
Thanks, I bought one from this link. I appreciate the help here.
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Be aware, my order arrived and they are just a bunch of capacitors... The picture at the top completely fooled me because I was on a mobile phone and didn't scroll down. (Go down the listing, it's an entirely different world!!!) My fault, but I'm stumped...I saw the picture that looks like the PSU in my monitor and I just clicked Buy It Now.

Terrible mistake. Now I have to find someone to solder them for me.
 
JCNiest5 said:
Be aware, my order arrived and they are just a bunch of capacitors... The picture at the top completely fooled me because I was on a mobile phone and didn't scroll down. (Go down the listing, it's an entirely different world!!!) My fault, but I'm stumped...I saw the picture that looks like the PSU in my monitor and I just clicked Buy It Now.

Terrible mistake. Now I have to find someone to solder them for me.
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My order arrived too.. Same thing, obviously. Damn. If all I need to do is solder, then I'll give it a go. More annoying though.
 
Well, add me to the list...One of my 2 monitors failed. I just ordered two power supplies (not repair kits). Wish me luck. :)

EDIT: Damn! Refunded (no stock) So, I guess I'm shopping for a new monitor...
 
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I still have my Soyo and like a lot of you, the power supply is dead.
I can see a burn mark on the power supply board. The caps seem fine.

Would be great if we could find a source to buy replacements.
 
Burpy said:
I still have my Soyo and like a lot of you, the power supply is dead.
I can see a burn mark on the power supply board. The caps seem fine.

Would be great if we could find a source to buy replacements.
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M24E14 Power Supply is what you're looking for.

After trying to use the capacitor repair kit to no avail, I ordered a whole new psu board. It came last weekend, and I used this web page to help guide the installation process:
http://yourdiyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/fixing-lcd-monitor-soyo-topaz-s.html

It works now, (!) and it runs exactly as it did before.
 
KevinG said:
Thanks. Last time I went through this no one had any stock. Seems some do now...although they all seem to be "used" as first glance...
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You're welcome. Honestly, I think the psu board I bought from there said "used", but the board didn't appear to have anything wrong with it when it was delivered - the screen runs just like it did before. There's no flickering or anything like that going on now.

Also, yoybuy.com's payment/shipping process was a little confusing. Feel free to PM me if you get stuck somewhere.
 
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Sadly my Soyo 24" Topaz-S went to its final reward yesterday after serving faithfully since 22-APR-2008. Heard the alarm on the UPS/Surge protector go off, and when I got back into the room the display was black; no power light, nada, nothing. . .

Life without the Soyo is going to be tough. Prior to purchasing it I went through a half dozen monitors of various pedigree before I settled on it. I never regret it for a second. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did considering the heat it produced. Farewell old friend, you will be missed, but fondly remembered.
 
Brooklyn Joe said:
Sadly my Soyo 24" Topaz-S went to its final reward yesterday after serving faithfully since 22-APR-2008. Heard the alarm on the UPS/Surge protector go off, and when I got back into the room the display was black; no power light, nada, nothing. . .

Life without the Soyo is going to be tough. Prior to purchasing it I went through a half dozen monitors of various pedigree before I settled on it. I never regret it for a second. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did considering the heat it produced. Farewell old friend, you will be missed, but fondly remembered.
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Have you thrown it out yet?

Are you sure it's dead? I say this only that like many others here, these things can be fixed.
 
No, i haven't thrown it out. I'm just not motivated to tear into it, but that might change. I'm fairly certain the power supply failed, based on the ruckus the UPS made. It pulled some amps at the moment it failed. I've been following this thread since the beginning,in fact, it's what led me to buy mine in the first place. Yesterday I picked up an LG 24EC53V-P 24" IPS at Sam's Club. The colors seem off. Like day-glo paint, wtf? Things like this will make me want to fix the Soyo!
 
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