Work, and repairing things again. This is what the most of the internal circuitry of an LCD monitor look like. Far less than the days of days of "tubes" (of the cathode ray variety). A relatively simply repair. Replacing five components on the left-hand board usually sorts it, and costs less than £2.00 for the parts.

The fault, as the User sees it, is that the backlight stops working. It may flicker on briefly when you first switch on the monitor. And in bright light you may be able to make out some of what's on the screen. If this happens, you need to get it fixed pronto, as attempting to use it like this will most likely lead to a much more expensive repair... i.e. a new monitor.

The IT folk don't repair items to component level, and were about to chuck out the first monitor, before I said I'd have quick look. When we were up to faulty monitor #4 in a the space of a month, I asked "How many of these do you have?" Quick check... "About fifty."

Time taken to get one back in service is down to 45 minutes. And that includes the "paperwork" and a safety test.

Today's one was #18... only 32 to go!