Bad news: Aimtron went out of business years ago. The design looks like an LT1074 from Linear Technologies, but sadly does not seem to be a drop-in replacement.
Bad news: Aimtron went out of business years ago. The design looks like an LT1074 from Linear Technologies, but sadly does not seem to be a drop-in replacement.
Got a scope? Fire it up and see if you get a square wave on pin 2. Make sure pin 5 (SHDN) is grounded (if it isn't already) when you give it the +12V, might be a control-line issue. Not sure what else you can do.
But keep in mind that all you REALLY need is a small +5V switching power supply module that works with a +12V input and puts out 3A...
That's a good idea, the +5V from the computer supply should have an extra 3A to drive this and it is over-current protected. Like you say - there could be other problems.
I would disconnect that 1796 first, in case it is shorted internally.
I don't know what you mean there. Did you give it both the 12V and 5V?
Unfortunately, if you hooked the 12V up backwards, it could have fried a lot of stuff in that monitor.
I don't know what you mean there. Did you give it both the 12V and 5V?
Unfortunately, if you hooked the 12V up backwards, it could have fried a lot of stuff in that monitor.