It sounded like a good idea at the time.

I thought my monitor(MAG ) was going out. White line scrolling up and down, screen jumping, screen going black. It could be quite hot at the back of the monitor.

So I get the bright idea to take of the cover and clean it out. I do know there are high voltages in there, that is why I touched nothing but plastic.

I then cut a hole in the cover and put in a small fan to exhaust the heat. turned on the monitor and then the fan and...click..click. click. I could hear the area of the fan sparking and could see it, but there was no smoke.

I quickly shut off fan and then monitor.

I didn't have computer turned on while doing this, but when I turned on computer, I could tell it was booting, but there was no picture.

The monitor is 8 years old and I thought it was about to die anyways.

So did I hasten its death??
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It's probably about time you got rid of that old CRT anyways. Please do yourself the favor.
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I am wanting to do that. I would like to get the dell 2408 24" or the dell 22" forget model.

I have really like the monitor I have and If I could get it fixed without emptying my wallet..I would.

I am, however, gonna give the lcd's a look
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