Acer AL1916 VGA Input Replacement

Grab the hinge cover with both hands on either side of the stand.

Squeeze inwards with your thumbs and fingers and lift up to remove the hinge cover.

Remove the four 12.1 mm Phillips #2 screws that hold the stand to the monitor.

Lift up to detach the stand.

Remove the five 9.5 mm Phillips #2 screws located around the perimeter of the monitor.

Starting at the corner of the monitor, wedge the small plastic opening tool between the back cover and the display bezel.

Tilt the plastic opening tool up to separate the back cover from the display bezel.

Continue around the perimeter of the monitor until the display bezel comes off.

Grab the corners of the monitor and jiggle them upwards to detach the back cover from the inside of the monitor.

Lift the back cover up.

Remove the two 5.7 mm Phillips #2 screws located on either side of the EMI shield.

Using a nut driver (or if necessary, needle-nose pliers), remove the two nuts on either side of the VGA input.

Grab the metal casing by the sides and slide it down towards the bottom of the monitor.

Lift up to remove the metal casing.

Remove the beige control cable to the left of the VGA input by pulling it up.

Remove the rainbow-colored power cable by pulling it straight up.

Remove the display cable located at the top of the motherboard by pulling it out towards the top of the monitor.

Remove the three 7.7 mm Phillips #2 screws from the motherboard, and take out the motherboard by lifting it up.

Set the circuit board down on its own, removed from the rest of the monitor.

Using the soldering iron, desolder the VGA input at the indicated locations.

Solder the new VGA input into the circuit board at the same locations.

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