Stuck power button 1905FP

Question

Dell 1905FP LCD. The power button is stuck or jammed on (glad it's not stuck off); there was a post about this in March, but no answer as to what to do, or whether it can even be fixed. The screen and all controls are fine. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate them. Should I just get a separate power bar and use it to switch on and off?? Would this hurt the monitor? It'd be a quick fix, but I'd rather the button work on such an expensive peripheral. thanks.

jccarter · Answer

Thanks for the suggestion, mine is also turned sideways, and I'm going to try your suggestion right away. Seems like it's often the small mechanical things that bring down fine equipment. Will let you know what happens.

terabytetas · Answer

I have a 24' Dell monitor, and I couldn't turn it off. I rang dell cause it's under warranty, and they were going to send me a new one. Then I noticed that the power button was slightly sideways, ie the little stroke pointing vertial wasn't. If you get my drift. I got a piece of sticky tape and using the sticky side out i used it to turn the button back to vertical , then it came back to normal. I'm surprised that Dell didn't mention this fix to me when I rang, surely it would be cheaper for them to not have to replace it when all it is is a button which seems to have a lock built in????

jccarter · Answer

It worked! The button, however, doesn't have any spring to it, and is still sunken into the face of the monitor. I think it must be nearly worn out. Will continue to use the tape and hope that Dell will have a more technically advanced solution.

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