Monitor may be dying

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Monitor may be dying

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

I concur that it sounds like your monitor is dying. Given the age and how cheap awesome monitors are these days, I would just junk it and pick up a nice 1080p IPS LED monitor. If you really want to try to fix it, you may be able to open it, easily identify some failing capacitors, and replace them. Here's a guy doing something similar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytw57212X2o

# ¿ May 26, 2015 02:29

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 10:51

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

Avulsion posted:

If you know how to solder and you've got some free time, it'll be cheaper to fix it than to replace it. Pry it open and get a look at the capacitors, you can find replacement capacitor kits for 15 bucks on amazon, or probably buy them separately for less.

Keep in mind that a new monitor is $100 for a higher-resolution display with much better picture quality and energy efficiency, which makes putting in the money and time to repair an older display a very poor value for most people.

# ¿ May 26, 2015 19:56

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