Weird smell from AOC monitor

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Sure Ive smelled the usual plastic smell on new monitors and other
devices - sort of like the new car smell theres a strong odor of
plastic etc when you first get a device.

However this AOC monitor - same as Envision , made by EPI , has this
this moderately strong transformer like smell all the time when you
switch it on. Kind of like a warmed up chemical smell .

Other than that the monitor seems OK.
 
Sure Ive smelled the usual plastic smell on new monitors and other
devices - sort of like the new car smell theres a strong odor of
plastic etc when you first get a device.

However this AOC monitor - same as Envision , made by EPI , has this
this moderately strong transformer like smell all the time when you
switch it on. Kind of like a warmed up chemical smell .
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Most new electronics off-gas vapours for a period of a week or two of
operation. It's normal.
 
Most new electronics off-gas vapours for a period of a week or two of
operation. It's normal.
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Yeah its probably nothing but my Viewsonic and Sony sure didnt smell
this bad. Not even close.

I got the AOC cheapie for my 2nd PC and I kept thinking some eletrical
device was burning until I figured what it was. Nothing seems wrong
with the monitor though. So Ill assume its OK.

That is one STINKY monitor though. Youll have people going - "What the
heck is that smell?"
 
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Yeah its probably nothing but my Viewsonic and Sony sure didnt smell
this bad. Not even close.

I got the AOC cheapie for my 2nd PC and I kept thinking some eletrical
device was burning until I figured what it was. Nothing seems wrong
with the monitor though. So Ill assume its OK.

That is one STINKY monitor though. Youll have people going - "What the
heck is that smell?"
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How old is your AOC monitor?


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After I bought it , it sat for 2 months in the box and since then its
been used about 8 times. I bought it 3 months ago.
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If the smell continues then there may be a problem. As others have said it
just sounds like new electronics "burn-in" except with a stronger odor than
most.


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callsignviper


The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask
the right questions.
 
[email protected] said:
Yeah its probably nothing but my Viewsonic and Sony sure didnt
smell this bad. Not even close.

I got the AOC cheapie for my 2nd PC and I kept thinking some
eletrical device was burning until I figured what it was. Nothing
seems wrong with the monitor though. So Ill assume its OK.

That is one STINKY monitor though. Youll have people going -
"What the heck is that smell?"
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I would recommend returning it. If there is some sort of
incipient fire waiting to break out, it will be far to late when
it does. Something like a shorted turn or two in a transformer
could cause such effects.
 
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