Hi all!
Someone left a monitor by a dumpster, and I couldn't resist the temptation to take it home and give it a try. Well, it actually (mostly) works! 
But it does have one problem. The display actually appears to curl into itself...like a 3D display. Pretty weird. This also means that the display only covers about 2/3rds of the screen, because part of the display curls back "underneath" the other part. Has any one seen anything like this? And can it be fixed somehow?
BTW, it's a Gateway 2000 Vivitron 15 inch, model # CPD-GF100.
Yeah, it's a decent
Sony monitor -- but realize that I have seen these at trade shows, working, for about $25...
That having been said. how much do you know about electronics? Can you solder? The problem is a
dried-out electrolytic capacitor. I don't understand why, after 25 years of the same problem, Sony couldn't design this out -- but they haven't. The problem should be relatively easy to detemine, if you have any electronics knowledge at all. If so, let me know -- I'll walk you through it.
Is the foldover (technical term) from top-to-bottom or side-to-side?
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