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Monitor and power outage
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:43 pm
by thewolfe
I had a power outage last night and a Sceptre 17\" LCD is not working today. It was about 2 years old and cost about $200 at Costco if I remember right.
Do they repair LCD's and would it be worth the money?
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:56 pm
by Krom
If it is still under warranty call up and see.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:21 pm
by CDN_Merlin
If it's broken, it's not worth repairing.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:14 pm
by thewolfe
First it's out of warranty.
Now the question is what suggestions do you have for a UPS?
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:59 pm
by Krom
I have a couple belkin 1500va units, they have repelled many a power outage. (Joke is, once you get battery backups, the power quits going out.)
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:10 am
by suicide eddie
pop it open as the warrenty has expired. could be just the internal fuse has popped (usally glass)2nd most common problem is a capacitor has blown, you may need a meter to check this.
with luck will only cost a few pence to get working again.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:47 am
by thewolfe
That's worth a try since I haven't set out by the curb yet.
And I'll ck into the Belkins.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:00 pm
by MD-2389
The APC units are quite nice as well, and have some serious warranty coverage. Just don't bother with their \"trade up\" program seeing as what they would charge you to trade in your old UPS, you could buy a brand spanking new one in retail for cheaper. (not even counting s/h!)
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:33 pm
by Grendel
100$ gets me a
TrippLite SMART1000LCD at the local Costco. Got three on different comps, never had a problem w/ outages ever since...
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:48 pm
by thewolfe
This is the only one I see at Costco. I'll have to go there also.
Tripp Lite
SmartPro 1500AV
Digital UPS
$199.99