Rich, No problem if you don't make it. You can either contact me or wait for the next meeting (held every 2 weeks) to take a look at the monitor. If you can give me the model number of the monitor and/or the voltage and current rating of the power supply, I'll see if I have one for testing as I am betting that is where the problem lies.
Jason On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Jason Barnett wrote: > > > A couple of quick questions about your Acer monitor.. > > * You said that it just wouldn't turn on... does this mean that the power > > indicator light did not come on or there was no display? > > When I sat down at my desk yesterday morning the monitor was dark and > the > power light was off. Because this system stays on 24/7/365 (and the monitor > blanks after 10 minutes of inactivity), I thought there was a power failure > but the system was up and running. > > > * Were there any symptoms prior to it dieing? > > Nope. It worked fine Saturday. > > > It is unusual for a monitor to just up and die with no warning. It is > > possible that it can be repaired quickly and cheaply (possible that it is > > a power supply or even just a fuse). On the 29th at 7PM is the next > > DorkbotPDX meeting at Backspace in portland. If you let me know you are > > coming, I am sure myself or a dozen or so others, would be willing to > > troubleshoot/repair it for you. If you cannot make it to the Dorkbot > > meeting, contact me off list and I'll arrange to take a look at it when I > > can. > > Jason, > > I should be able to make it. But, with three large projects (and all > clients wanting my full attention to their needs), the situation may change > in a week. But, if it can be fixed that would be great. > > Thanks, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
