I found a 1933W monitor next to a trash bin

invalid@example.com (adrianlicok), adrianlicok
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:30:50 +0000
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It was without a power supply, and this monitor required an external power adapter. On the back of the monitor I read that it needs a 12-volt power supply. I don’t know much about watts and amps, so I looked for a power adapter for it in boxes that I had previously found in the trash, and I found a 12-volt cube-type power adapter HKA-12100EC-230.

When I connected this monitor to the computer, after a few or several seconds the image would turn off, but the LED on the monitor showed that the monitor was still on. When I turned the monitor off using the button on the monitor and then turned it on again, the monitor would turn on for a few or several seconds and then the image would turn off again, while the LED still indicated that the monitor was on. This happened at every resolution. I was already about to throw the monitor back into the trash, but then I thought that external power supplies for monitors and laptops are usually larger than these small cube-type ones and are...