Re: Sun 24.1" LCD monitor (Samsung LTM240M2 L02 panel)

With the monitor off, I can actually hear something click when I tilt it back and forth.

I was actually joking about the mercury switch, since when I sent that, I hadn't discovered the clicking. It's towards the right side as you're facing the screen, about halfway between top and bottom. I'm assuming this is the tilt switch, and it's mounted somewhere within the steel frame and not on the boards.

I haven't gotten to one that isn't working yet, so I don't have one to tear apart. If / when I do,...

Re: Sun 24.1" LCD monitor (Samsung LTM240M2 L02 panel)

Greetings again!

I thought I would let the perhaps only two other people on the planet who actually may care about this issue know that I have solved it.

Apparently, if you tilt the monitor back more than about 45 degrees, it dims the screen and shuts off access to the on-screen menu - the symptoms that I had described where only the screen dimming button worked.

I suppose this is a safety "feature" to keep the heat from the 6 CFL lamps, PS, circuit boards, etc. from...

Re: Sun 24.1" LCD monitor (Samsung LTM240M2 L02 panel)

Thank for the suggestion. But my mystery is deepening.

Here's some further info.

I have a bunch of these. I took three, plugged them into my desktop DVI cable, and got the only-two-buttons-are-working-no-onscreen-menu issue.

So, I then took one of those over to my workbench, plugged it into the laptop there with an analog VGA cable, and Lo and Behold, all the buttons were working! I was able to reset it back to the factory settings, turned it off, and tried a second one. Same thing...

Re: Sun 24.1" LCD monitor (Samsung LTM240M2 L02 panel)

To tmcw:

Greetings! I know this thread is a year old, but I was wondering if you had any luck with your Sun monitor?

The symptoms you are showing (only Power and <- button working) are exactly the same symptoms I have. In fact, I just acquired several of these and of the 3 I've tested so far, they ALL show this issue. So, I'm kind of desperate to see if it's fixable. I was thinking maybe it was a panel / button lock of some kind, but I've tried various key combinations to try and unlock it,...

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