That $150 LG Monitor Repair Is Actually a $6 Fix
Your LG monitor's power light is on. The screen is completely black. You've already tried the obvious: different cables, different inputs, restarting the PC. Nothing. Someone online told you to take it to a repair shop. They quoted you $100 to $150. Before you do that, read this. In the majority of cases, what you're looking at is a fix that costs under $20 in parts and takes less than an hour at home. So, Why Does the Repair Shop Charge $100–$150? Because labor is expensive, and they know most people won't open a monitor themselves. The actual parts involved are two or three small electrolytic capacitors. Individually they cost a couple of dollars each. A complete repair kit, capacitors, solder wire, solder wick, soldering iron, and a desoldering pump, runs between $10.99 and $18.49. The rest of that repair shop quote is bench time and margin. We're not saying repair shops are unreasonable. But when the parts cost less than a takeaway coffee, you deserve to know th...