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In article <ADk8fDAxdTexEwdP@curley.demon.co.uk>
           terry@curley.demon.co.uk "Terry Birch" writes:

> My monitor(18 month old) is a Vale Echo Scan 15, which is a badged Mitac
> AL5064 PD.  The graphics card is a 2 Mb Diamond Stealth 64d.
> 
> Since Christmas the display has gradually got darker and darker, now at
> maximum brilliance the display is only just bearable. The screen colours
> and contrast seem OK. 
> 
> I have tried another monitor on my computer and the display was perfect,
> so that rules out my system and pinpoints the monitor.  
> 
> Has anyone got any ideas on this one?

Yes, I have supplied a few but no more.

   MITAC  monitors are  CRAP
   =========================

I am using one now (L1564PD) and it has the same problem.
Lengthy discussions with Mitac produced the following
information. I must add that this info will not be
supplied by them to a user as it is engineering info
supplied to repair engineers.

If you open the case and then use the monitor while
it is open, you can adjust it to improve the brightness.

   PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION as there are very
   high voltages in any monitor

At the rear left side (looking from the front) is a
black ribbed rotary knob, labelled SCREEN. Turn this
up and it will extend the range of the brightness
control at the front of the monitor.  Of course this
also affects the brightness of the background which
the contrast will not reduce. Still the overall result
is better.

Please request more info if you are not sure what to
do as touching the wrong bits could be dangerous.
-- 
ernest     at Noel Systems, near Kingston-upon-Thames (UK)