New Monitor

[ahoragi]

Originally Posted by Sight Unseen

Yeah, same here with old tech, I like to find creative uses for it to keep it out of the landfill, much to the dismay of my mom. (Seriously, I'll find a use for that stack of PII compaqs... Someday)

Also, judging by the fact that the monitor smoked, and didn't pop and shoot out flames, it sounds like the flyback transformer went out. If you still have the monitor, you could get an old television flyback from ebay for $1, change the winding ratio, do some soldering, and having a working monitor again.

Did you dispose of the old monitor properly? Thats a lot of lead, phosphorous, and cadmium.

I still have it. Having a bit of a hard time tossing it because it's been around for so long.

Where should I take it for disposal?