I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer

Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer by adav on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:48AM (#31365249)

Sandwich one of those silly cheapo USB mug warmers into the case. Plug it in briefly for a little warmth just to get it going. Like a choke on an old-fashioned car!

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Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer by Spooky23 on Friday May 13, 2022 @08:39AM (#31366770)

Proceed with caution.

Not to be a worry wart, but a long time ago we got a batch of monitors with a defective board. A capacitor overheated, melted some sort of glue on an adjacent component, which in turn dripped on a power supply component, shorted out and started a fire.

A couple of days later, it happened again… and we ended up getting all hands on deck to find those monitors.

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Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer by jonsen on Friday May 13, 2022 @09:21AM (#31367244)

That would probably be electrolyte leaking. There are several reports/stories about bad quality capacitors unintentionally used in production.

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Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer by tomxor on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:03AM (#31365821)

Certainly satisfies the quirkiness factor :) Extra points if you can squeeze in linear actuator for an actual choke switch.

Also good to think of alternative fixes like this when it's difficult to source replacement components.

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