tigerboy Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 My six year old Sony LCD Computer monitor died last night. I'm trying to decide if it is worth it to have fixed or just buy a new one. Is there a place in Pantip Plaza that can repair them? What floor / area of Pantip? This would obviously be an out of warrenty repair. The details of the failure, in case any are interested, are as follows. Both my PC and the monitor are plugged into a UPS. The power went out in my building last night, no problem, the UPS did it's job, both PC and monitor were on and working normally. The power didn't come back on right away so I shut the PC down. It shut down normally. Later, after the power came back on, I turn on the PC but the monitor is dead, on / off switch will not power the monitor back on. I confirmed it is not a bad video card by using another monitor, My Sony TV actually. I'm pretty sure it is something that went bad in power supply of the monitor. I cannot figure why it died the way it did though, it should have been protected by the UPS... Even though the monitor is 6 years old, it has only seen about 3 years or less of actual useage, it spent a lot of time in its original packaging. You'd think that it would have lasted longer than it did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Six years old. Time to buy a new one. When my 4 year old Acer monitor died, couple of months ago, I try to get it fixed, but without any result. So I got a new Samsung 24", 16:9 full HD, for about 7500 baht (panthip). Gorgeous way to see movie (I download full HD divx movies) and so wide screen can handle many windows together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 My six year old Sony LCD Computer monitor died last night. I'm trying to decide if it is worth it to have fixed or just buy a new one. Is there a place in Pantip Plaza that can repair them? What floor / area of Pantip? This would obviously be an out of warrenty repair. The details of the failure, in case any are interested, are as follows. Both my PC and the monitor are plugged into a UPS. The power went out in my building last night, no problem, the UPS did it's job, both PC and monitor were on and working normally. The power didn't come back on right away so I shut the PC down. It shut down normally. Later, after the power came back on, I turn on the PC but the monitor is dead, on / off switch will not power the monitor back on. I confirmed it is not a bad video card by using another monitor, My Sony TV actually. I'm pretty sure it is something that went bad in power supply of the monitor. I cannot figure why it died the way it did though, it should have been protected by the UPS... Even though the monitor is 6 years old, it has only seen about 3 years or less of actual useage, it spent a lot of time in its original packaging. You'd think that it would have lasted longer than it did... maybe backlight Backlight failure results in black or dim screen, inverter failure usually results in a white screen Would suggest IT Store 5/Fl. There's a store on 3rd or 4/fl. who does this kind of repair but forget name and exact location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 The listing of similar subject at the bottom of this page seems to suggest your monitor was quite a celebrity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 New Acer or LG 19" monitors available everywhere for less than 4,000 baht. Hard to justify repairing a 6 year old monitor when new monitors with warranty are so cheap. http://www.bigitshop.com/online-shopping/L...-W1934S-BN.html http ://www.bigitshop.com/online-shopping/A...-X193WAbd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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