Once you get a slight gap, you can fit the dull table knife in the gap and carefully slide it along the sides towards the top. Once those are out, you can begin to pry open the bottom of the monitor. Once you remove the 3 screws that hold the stand base, there are 3 more smaller screws for the case. I prefer to say "common table knife" that does NOT have a very sharp edge. One video mentioned using a "butterknife". However, nothing I found really describes well how you pry open the case. Search with google for "samsung 226bw youtube" and you will find at least two helpful videos that I watched.
For my application, I need 3-4 matching monitors (preferably 4, all side-by-side) and I really didn't want to spend $600 - $1000 for 4 new 22-24 inch monitors, so I did some online searching and found tons of information describing how to fix the problems.įirst off, you're going to have to open the monitor up. I stored one just for parts, and then recently a 2nd one began to flicker (for 5-10 minutes) after restarting the computer or when turning on again after screen save. Unfortunately, after the 3-year period, 2 of them went bad again.
These monitors have good pictures but are notoriously unreliable.įortunately these had 3-year warranties, and ALL 4 OF THEM went bad in 1-2 years! Samsung "fixed" each of them for free, although it was an annoyance to be without a monitor until each was fixed. I bought them in mid-2007 and my originals all happened to all be from a batch made in Mexico, although similar problems are common with those made in China. They each had different problems so the solutions were different. I thought I would describe my experiences with fixing two of my Samsung 22 inch 226BW monitors.