What I find is that sometimes repairs cost more than the replacement unit. Beyond that is finding the place that does such repairs.
Bob
I've already replaced it with a U3011 as I can't afford the downtime, however Dell UK are saying that the old panel is not repairable. Is this really true? seems a shame to just throw the 3008 in the bin...

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