Well I'm shocked???

[BarontheFirst]

Go figure I guess it must be labor! It is alot cheaper for me to go out and buy a brand new 19" monitor with a 3 year warrenty ($182) than to have my 3 year old 19" monitor fixed ($400)! How did that happen? I guess I should get a new one and hold on to the old until I can fix it myself or get knocked on my --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- trying! If there is anyone here in the North Eastern U.S. that knows of places for monitor repair alot cheaper than my quote please let me know!


(How can repair cost more than a new monitor? I'll never know.)

[menace]

I've seen alot of repair shops with tvs in them that people didn't bother to pick up because the price tag for repair was too high (usually in seedier ones where they quote one price then hit you with a big bill after)  you're lucky you got an accurate quote up front!  Whats wrong with the old one--post some details--who knows maybe we can "fix" it for you

[JackTucky]

That's happening everywhere!  My on-site hardware service never fixes any boards/hard drives/etc. in my server.  Replaced, and returned.

I had a TV guy come to look at 3 TV's.  One was the first TV I ever bought on my own, a 25" Sony XBR.  Guy just glanced at it and said, no way, can't get the parts, besides, you can get a replacement for $200.

One was a 19" Sony Trinitron.  Guy said same thing.

The 3rd that he fixed was a nearly new TV/VCR combo, that my son stuck a toy in.  He fixed that, for $150, and I could have had a new one for $200 (roughly)

I would have had to pay him $50 to come if I didn't fix one thing.

[paigeoliver]

Dude, TV repair is all about high labor rates. Despite what the TV shop guys tell you, older displays are pretty easy to work on and the parts are available.

Whenever I need a replacement part on any of my arcade monitors I just take the part into the TV shop, toss it on the counter and tell them I need another one. They ALWAYS have the part. And if the TV shop has parts for 23 year old arcade monitors, then they should have stuff for most everything.

Except of course for much newer stuff, which has boards that are impossible to work on.

[BarontheFirst]

I've seen alot of repair shops with tvs in them that people didn't bother to pick up because the price tag for repair was too high (usually in seedier ones where they quote one price then hit you with a big bill after)  you're lucky you got an accurate quote up front!  Whats wrong with the old one--post some details--who knows maybe we can "fix" it for you

Well it is a 19" monitor with no picture at all! I hear the clicking sound for power up thats it! The power save screen doesn't even apear so basically the tube is bad. I got another monitor and hooked it up on the same computer. It is a real old monitor with a ok (too small) display and it worked so I know it isn't anything with the PC or video card. So basically as far as helping me repair it I got to learn how to replace a tube myself. (Monitor 19" Flat Screen MAG)

[paigeoliver]

No power isn't always a bad tube. It could be a fuse or a flyback too. If the tube is actually bad (seldom happens) then it isn't worth fixing.

Although earlier I thought you were talking about an arcade monitor. PC monitors are different creatures. The boardsets are more complicated and have smaller traces, etc. Much tougher to deal with.

[BarontheFirst]

Not no power the light on the monitor does turn on and go from yellow to green I just get nothing else! The image did flinch from time to time over the past month or two before it went. Also it didn't go while I was using it! It actually turned off normally the last night it worked and didn't come back on the next day. No popping noise or anything. Any more info on the possible problem with this info?

[Beley]

From what i understand monitors are usally quite easy to fix, in fact i have seen a sign at a repair shop that said "Any monitor repair $25" then in smaller writing "execpt tube and flyback"  

your problem may be as simple as a bad solder joint,  if your comforatable with a soldering iron reflow all the connections in areas of the board that look like they get hot (usally discolored).  It might just solve your problem

[tiggertoo]

Dude, it's probably just the cable, especially if you move the monitor/computer around alot. When you mentioned it flinching, I knew I had seen that before. Try wiggling the cable when it's plugged in. Also check the pins in the connector to make sure that none are bent.

Wiggling may not get you anything if the wire is completely broke, but it may be worth a shot replacing the cable or getting a new end connector for it.

[BarontheFirst]

That can't be it when powered if I disconnect my monitor I get an error message telling me something is wrong from the computer to the monitor on my screen. That doesn't even show up anymore! Still I will give it a shot.

[rampy]

You never did specify if it's an arcade monitor or a PC monitor...

*shrug*

rampy

[BarontheFirst]

You never did specify if it's an arcade monitor or a PC monitor...

*shrug*

rampy

My bad it is a PC monitor! SORRY!!