Please pray for my mother-in-law, Sherry, too. She found a lump in her breast and had a lumpectomy this past week. Please pray that it turns out not to be cancer and that if it is, she will be ok.
Thank you to all who have sent well wishes and prayers. We really appreciate it. My mother-in-law has had surgery and is undergoing chemo treatments. Melissa has been doing hormone therapy for the past couple of months, so she’ll have to undergo another biopsy in the next month or so to check the progress of the therapy. Also, we have been changing our eating habits and exercising more. We’ve both lost a little over 20 pounds. Melissa’s been working really hard and I’m very proud of what she has accomplished.
My wife, Melissa, was recently diagnosed with endometrial cancer in her uterus, which we’re praying has been caught early. We’ve been trying to have children for five years now so we’re pretty devastated. We don’t have a lot of information at this point. The doctors seem to think we caught it before it spread but they won’t know until after the surgery. Because of her other health problems, her immune system isn’t very good and she heals very slowly so she’s going to be recovering for a while. If you don’t hear from us for the next few weeks please understand that we’re not ignoring you or not thinking of you. Please, pray, think good thoughts or send her positive energy, whatever you’re most comfortable with.
A few weeks ago I repaired Melissa’s LCD Monitor. It was the first time I attempted to fix one, but I’ve worked inside a couple notebooks and computers for a while, and I figured that I could always try to sell the parts if I what I thought was wrong with it wasn’t. One day out of the blue, her screen turned off on its own. I switched out power cables, plugged it into another power strip, and then did an internet search for resolution. (Resolution, for a monitor problem… 
) The most likely culprit was the inverter-power board.
I found a place that sells inverters and power boards for a variety of LCDs, including hers, a Dell 1707FPc 17″ with built-in USB 2.0 hub. I had to pry open the plastic case of the monitor very carefully, so that it would look nice after I put it back together in the end. I also had to remove the metal shielding around the boards. so that I could identify the type of inverter/power board that I needed. The vendor had the wrong image up for the board, but they had the best price and were helpful in responding back to me when I emailed them a picture of the board I had for confirmation.
Here is the image of the board.
Here is the back of the monitor, after removing the stand.
This is after removing the plastic case around the back and shielding around the side USB ports.
Here is the monitor with the boards of the case exposed.
The board on the left is the inverter/power board. The board in the middle is the display driver and connectors. The board on the left in the USB hub.
