One of the reasons I would not fix such a monitor is that I live in the Bay Area of Northern California, and I guarantee that you could find a better monitor on the Internet for less than what it would cost to fix the monitor in question.  Hourly rates for such work begin at about $70 and go up.  Although the cost for the estimate may well be applied to the total repair, it would be virtually impossible to get out of the shop for much under $100, even if you chose not to repair it.  For $100 you can get a monitor at an auction.

>Repair prices vary. I run a computer store in Oklahoma and my bench charge
>is 35.00 an hour. But you drive into Tulsa and it ranges from 50-100.
>Jim Hodges
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don L Elias" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Monitor repair
>
>
>> I don't know where FI.UBA.AR is but I must assume that
>> labor is a lot cheaper than it is in Minneapolis.  I would
>> expect a charge of about $75.00 to walk thru the doorway
>> of a repair shop.  Anything extra would be just that - extra.
>>
>> Don Elias
>>
>> On Thu, 30 May 2002 11:29:07 -0300 Sergio Nemirovsky <[log in to unmask]>
>> writes:
>> > Julie:
>> >
>> >     The tube should last for about 10 years...
>> >
>> > The *only* problem of monitors is its high voltage...if you don't
>> discharge
>> > the tube and the capacitors, you can be "freid"...I mean..it's a deadly
>> > voltage..so ..if you don't know about handling high voltage, DON'T OPEN
>> IT,
>> > and do not try to repair by yourself...
>> >
>> > If it is a typical simple electronic problem , expect a number between
>> $25 -
>> > $50 to get repaired....
>> >
>> > Sergio
>> >
>> > : My (almost) new monitor broke down yesterday. It is 4 years old so
>> theshop
>> > : said they won't repair it for me for free. Is there some way I can
>> repairit
>> > : myself? I know it's not the computer coz a monitor I borrowed (this
>> one I'm
>> > : using) works just fine. I know too if the tube is broken,
>> > : it's probably not worth repairing but a tube should last more than 4
>> years?
>> > : Are there minor problems which someone with little experience can
>> fix?
>> > : What precautions must I take? Any advice will be much appreciated.
>> > :
>> > : Julie
>>
>>
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