

But Wait! It's missing! Yes, on my monitor the panel type was missing from the service menu. The panel type should be located down at the bottom underneath the Scaler-MCU entry. After you have done this hold the source button down for 5 seconds. Exit the menu, and then bring it back up again. To access said panel, simply lower both the brightness and the contrast to 0 using the regular user control panel.

This service menu will contain the panel type most of the time. There is a secret service menu hidden away from the prying eyes of consumers. This brings us to the second way of divining which panel is inside your 226BW. Wondering if they are holding a gem or just a lump of coal. Without a letter on the back sticker, leaving the bewildered owners Thirdly, and most disturbingly, the letter may be missingįrom the back of the panel. There is no way to tell the panel type from the sticker on Mention, you actually have to have the monitor out of the box and in Secondly, as with all of the methods we will Samsung has been known to put a different panel inside than the letter There are a couple of problems with this method. Number there should be a letter indicating the panel type. Underneath in the left hand corner you will find a sticker that Your monitor, remove the plastic cover that hides the power and VGA/DVI The first method is certainly also the simplest. Have read about them in the BeHardware articles, but I will reiterate The first two methods are fairly simple and you will Now that you have the facts, you will want to find out what kind of
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Samsung 226BW - A and S Series - The Verdict Samsung Syncmaster 226BW-C Issues then you should read these articles by BeHardware that explain a This panel has quite pronounced backlight bleeding issues as well as a Is the worst of the batch and is made by the Chei Mei corporation. "A" is made by AU and is of slightly lower quality,īut it can be calibrated to almost match the "S" panel. Panel is made by Samsung themselves, this is the panel that they sent There are actually 3ĭifferent LCD panels that are marketed under the 226BW model umbrella. Or contrast and you find out some shocking facts. Online to see if there is anything special about adjusting the colors Problem, it doesn't look quite the way that it should. So you've just bought a shiny new Samsung 226BW that was supposed toīe the latest greatest killer LCD on the market. Last Updated on Saturday, 19 April 2008 16:42
