Rebirth Of A Samsung Syncmaster

A few days ago, it looked like my Samsung 245B Syncmaster monitor bit the dust. There seemed to be no power running running into the unit, and my heart sank, as it would mean forking out for a new monitor, and the whole hassle of having to replace expensive equipment, time spent researching all of the myriad of choices available.

Yet in the throws of testing, it turned out that it was only a faulty surge protector unit. By this time I had removed the monitor from my desk, unplugged everything and had tried numerous plugs and power cables. It had then struck me that with this particular model of monitor, there was the ability to rotate the monitor into portrait orientation.

The only problem was that Samsung had disabled this functionality from within the VESA mount, the software was still registering the rotation options… So now was the time to go for it.

Next I had to remove the VESA mount from the display

Next I had to remove the VESA mount from the display

Screw Obstruction

Screw Obstruction bottom-right

Remove the black screw and the rotation mechanism starts working again.

Once the screw has been removed.

Once the screw has been removed.

Job Done

Job Done

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