The point of contention I have is that the panel has multiple surface layer chips (non affecting but cosmetic) and a isolated crack where I can’t see anything but black, but is nothing more then a very small point of damage at most. I want to get into the service mode to check how many hours are on the panel to see if it’s a high mileage display or the panel hours are low. While I’m willing to look into it, I want to see how many hours this has on it since it’s so old and has panel damage that is mostly superficial. I also ran it nearly 24/7 for 3-4 years on top of whatever was on it prior to me getting it since it’s so old (6/12/2009).

Forgive the recycled photos but this is the damage to the panel:

*Good images*

I have tried power+back, power+forward, power+menu and none of these did it. I hope Gateway just had the command changed in some sad attempt to hide it’s ViewSonic origins and didn’t remove it outright.

⟐ Edited by author September 26, 2019 at 18:40 MST