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If only these things were standardised&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=sods+law\">Sod&#8217;s law<\/a> says that, a few hours\u00a0after I handed in all of Fujitsu&#8217;s kit in preparation for leaving the company, my own monitor would stop working&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I had spares, but only old 15&#8243; 4&#215;3 flat panels with VGA connections &#8211; this was the only monitor I have that will take an HDMI\/DVI signal\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/11\/deja-vu-buying-and-upgrading-another-mac-mini.htm\">my Mac Mini<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/raspberry-pi-infrastructure-server-dns-dhcp-tftp.htm\">my Raspberry Pi<\/a> so VGA was no good to me here.<\/p>\n<p>As it happened, further investigation showed it wasn&#8217;t the monitor itself (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/week-when-my-digital-life-was-on-hold.htm\">although it is 9 years old now<\/a>) but the power &#8220;brick&#8221;. I&#8217;m sure there are websites that specialise in selling universal power supplies for laptops but I haven&#8217;t found one yet for LCD monitors (I needed a 60W\/12V\/5A supply with a 2.5mm centre-positive tip).<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maplin.co.uk\/p\/fsp-60w-acdc-fixed-voltage-12v-power-supply-n93cz\">my local Maplin store had something that would do the trick<\/a> &#8211; a little expensive at \u00a337.99 but far cheaper than a new monitor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It does beg the question though &#8211; all mobile phones (except Apple iPhones) come with a standard USB charging cable. Why don&#8217;t all TVs\/monitors\/laptops have similarly standardised power supplies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sod&#8217;s law says that, a few hours\u00a0after I handed in all of Fujitsu&#8217;s kit in preparation for leaving the company, my own monitor would stop working&#8230; I had spares, but only old 15&#8243; 4&#215;3 flat panels with VGA connections &#8211; this was the only monitor I have that will take an HDMI\/DVI signal\u00a0from\u00a0my Mac Mini, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/replacement-psu-for-an-lcd-monitor-if-only-these-things-were-standardised.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Replacement PSU for an LCD monitor? 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