Sounds like a fun time - how much are you looking for it? I'm in New York for the next week but I'm planning on coming back this weekend.
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From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2018 7:23:38 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users Group
Subject: [Wlug] 21.5" Acer Monitor needs work
I have another dead monitor to give away. This is the Acer S220HQL, that was notorious several years ago for blowing bad capacitors. This is a 21.5" flatscreen, matte finish screen (not shiny-glarey), with both DVI and VGA inputs.
This was working rock-solid until Friday night when it was sleeping, flashed for a second, and then black-screened. Crisp, sharp display always. Used daily but lightly (for second computer) since I got my newer monitor a few years ago, but almost always on, just sleeping most of the time.
These are still running in the $90-100 range on the bigger online retailers.
You would need a soldering iron, and to open it up, find which capacitors are bad (usually they look kind of distorted or bulging), and then purchase and replace these. This one lasted several years --I think about 3 years longer than its twin, which I gave away several years ago after its capacitors blew.
If you want it, I would appreciate it if you aren't planning to Ebay it or whatever, but use it personally or else give it to a youngester who needs it for school.
I am conveniently located near Elm Park in Worcester, not far from WPI.
Liz J
