This was a freebie with no history etc - it works, but pressing any of the
setting buttons displays a padlock symbol on the screen.

Anyone know how to unlock it?

The Dell website wasn't much help, and it looks too old to find the manual.

Thanks for any help.

On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:27:00 +0100, Ian Field wrote:

This was a freebie with no history etc - it works, but pressing any of the
setting buttons displays a padlock symbol on the screen.

Anyone know how to unlock it?

The Dell website wasn't much help, and it looks too old to find the manual.

Thanks for any help.

You can get the Service Manual he
http://monitor.net.ru/forum/pafiledb/uploads/4763b32b4eb1799662f8a3e2eda5a5cd.pdf

It says:
"Press the 'Menu' button for over 15 seconds to unlock the OSD Menu"

Cheers!

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On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:27:00 +0100, Ian Field wrote:

This was a freebie with no history etc - it works, but pressing any of
the
setting buttons displays a padlock symbol on the screen.

Anyone know how to unlock it?

The Dell website wasn't much help, and it looks too old to find the
manual.

Thanks for any help.

You can get the Service Manual he
http://monitor.net.ru/forum/pafiledb/uploads/4763b32b4eb1799662f8a3e2eda5a5cd.pdf

It says:
"Press the 'Menu' button for over 15 seconds to unlock the OSD Menu"

Thanks and thanks.

Most grateful.

When the neocon-men in Washington start WW3, remember that the Russians helped you.

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When the neocon-men in Washington start WW3, remember that the Russians
helped you.

Whoever presses the button - it will have been the Arabs that yanked their
chain.

Ian Field wrote:

This was a freebie with no history etc - it works, but pressing any of the
setting buttons displays a padlock symbol on the screen.

Anyone know how to unlock it?

The Dell website wasn't much help, and it looks too old to find the
manual.

Thanks for any help.
Yes, you hold the menu button down for 10 seconds. When the padlock goes
from locked to open, release the button.

I had one that got soda spilled into the little PC board with the button
switches, and it ended up in the locked state once the board was cleaned.
So, I had to unlock it.

Jon

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Ian Field wrote:

This was a freebie with no history etc - it works, but pressing any of
the
setting buttons displays a padlock symbol on the screen.

Anyone know how to unlock it?

The Dell website wasn't much help, and it looks too old to find the
manual.

Thanks for any help.
Yes, you hold the menu button down for 10 seconds. When the padlock goes
from locked to open, release the button.

I had one that got soda spilled into the little PC board with the button
switches, and it ended up in the locked state once the board was cleaned.
So, I had to unlock it.

Someone left the monitor and a bashed up Dell computer on the end of their
drive with a note; "please take - free" - I just knew the monitor would come
in handy.

The one I'd been using was scrounged on a free recycling group, they told me
it was faulty and the buttons were dodgy, like something had been spilled
down the front.

After cleaning the button PCB, I reflowed all the solder joints in the hope
the heat would desiccate any lingering residues. It seemed OK for a while,
but soon became apparent that the buttons had a life of their own in humid
weather.

It got to be such a PITA that the Dell got put into service.

Ian Field wrote:



The one I'd been using was scrounged on a free recycling group, they told
me it was faulty and the buttons were dodgy, like something had been
spilled down the front.

After cleaning the button PCB, I reflowed all the solder joints in the
hope the heat would desiccate any lingering residues. It seemed OK for a
while, but soon became apparent that the buttons had a life of their own
in humid weather.
The Dell monitor I had this problem with had 4 buttons. The power button
was fine, the other 3 had trouble at different times. They have a small
surface-mount capacitor on the back across each button switch. The switches
appeared to be well-sealed, but the soda stuff gut under the caps, ate some
of the PC board, and caused lingering conduction. So, I removed all the
caps, severely scrubbed the PC board with solvent and a toothbrush, and
soldered on, I think, 1000 pF caps where the bad ones were. This has solved
the problem.

Your results sound EXACTLY like what mine was doing, and I had to remove the
caps, clean and replace with new caps. Most likely, it would work fine
without the caps. (I have quite a big stash of SMT parts as I assemble PC
boards.)

If the switches are not sealed, then they are almost certainly full of
sticky, conductive gunk, and would have to be replaced.

Jon

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Ian Field wrote:



The one I'd been using was scrounged on a free recycling group, they told
me it was faulty and the buttons were dodgy, like something had been
spilled down the front.

After cleaning the button PCB, I reflowed all the solder joints in the
hope the heat would desiccate any lingering residues. It seemed OK for a
while, but soon became apparent that the buttons had a life of their own
in humid weather.
The Dell monitor I had this problem with had 4 buttons. The power button
was fine, the other 3 had trouble at different times. They have a small
surface-mount capacitor on the back across each button switch. The
switches
appeared to be well-sealed, but the soda stuff gut under the caps, ate
some
of the PC board, and caused lingering conduction. So, I removed all the
caps, severely scrubbed the PC board with solvent and a toothbrush, and
soldered on, I think, 1000 pF caps where the bad ones were. This has
solved
the problem.

Your results sound EXACTLY like what mine was doing, and I had to remove
the
caps, clean and replace with new caps. Most likely, it would work fine
without the caps. (I have quite a big stash of SMT parts as I assemble PC
boards.)

AFAICR: there were no other components on the front PCB.

Finding the abandoned Dell came in just right, I'm not short of monitors
over all - so getting around to working on the faulty one could take a
while.