Is it possible to remove the monitor standfrom na Acer AL2016W monitor

Yep,

When the capacitors start to go out it causes the power supply to not provide the correct voltages. You monitor has the back light power but the 5v power going to the video driver board is not working correctly. Here is a link to a repair guide that will show you how to open the unit, remove the power supply board and what capacitors need to be replaced.

http://www.ccl-la.com/blog/index.php/repairing-the-acer-al2016w-monitor/

I hope this helps, if so please rate my solution.

BuddyMc

I have an AL2223W. It has 4 screws on the back that allows the stand to be removed. See if yours has that.

Open up the set and look for bad caps, see example of a couple years old monitors that failed.
http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums

Voltage Required AC 120/230 V

Yes Bob, you can use it in UK 240V and I believe no adjustments required since they are swithed mode power supplies.

Just to make sure have look at the data label at the back of the monitor it should say AC 120/230V. UK 240 is OK since there is a +/- 10% variation allowed on that.

I got the information out of the specifications on line, so you should be OK.

Try to reinstall the drivers for the monitor and see if that works.

http://www.driversdown.com/drivers/ACER-AL2016W-Driver-WindowsXP_68735.shtml

Hi katereed990,

1. Can you tell us what is the Operating system you are using?
2. What is the general specifications of the computer you are using?

Thank you for providing this info to us.

I also have an Asrock motherboard (M266A) and have the AL2216W. The image and text is also fuzzy. I did improve it a by by unplugging/replugging all of the connectors on the back of the computer. I believe my mouse had a somewhat loose connection and this was causing interference. I can actually create interference on screen by moving my mouse up and down.
These Acer monitors seem to be very sensitive. I also tried this monitor on a old Desktop with Win98 and another new laptop with XP and it looks good on those computers, but not on my Asrock based system.

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display setting

from the desk top right click and select properties, then select the settings tab then change your screen resolution display setting