I know this isn't an electrical problem, but I've had excellent help from this forum before which has kept my monitor working fine.
I just took my monitor stand to bits as it was locked in the lowest position and eventually a coiled spring came out like a bullet.
Does anyone have a link to a service manual pdf or know how this spring fits back in?
There's a piece of black plastic with a curve that matches the size of the spring and it has grease on it so I assume it sits against that.
I've had to put the stand back together temporarily so I can write this so I'm only attaching a pic of the spring for now.
I just took my monitor stand to bits as it was locked in the lowest position and eventually a coiled spring came out like a bullet.
Does anyone have a link to a service manual pdf or know how this spring fits back in?
There's a piece of black plastic with a curve that matches the size of the spring and it has grease on it so I assume it sits against that.
I've had to put the stand back together temporarily so I can write this so I'm only attaching a pic of the spring for now.
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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