Dell 2209WA (remember them) potential safety issue.

John from PA wrote in post #18356056
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Google this monitor and cite one other instance of a similar issue.

I'm curious, what are you hoping to accomplish by aggressively interrogating OP here?

He was pretty clear in his messages that the mounting likely failed, causing the display to drop. Even if this is a one off (I'm not spending my time searching for other cases), he's not hurting anyone with this thread.

There are plenty of possibilities here though. Does your garage experience broad temperature swings? I'm sure the monitor has a rated operating temp range and excessive temperature swings could brittle the plastic, along with UV exposure if it has ever been subjected to much of that. Similarly, if it ever got splashed/sprayed with certain chemicals often kept in a garage, that could weaken the plastic too.

The garage is heated but not air conditioned & it has plumbing etc so it's always kept above 40 F in winter. As for chemicals hitting it no evidence of that because it still looks like new other than what broke. It hasn't seen a huge amount of use either but has been on it's stand since bought. It's slightly newer than my Dell U2410 which is used daily but looks to have a stronger stand set up. I may however check on that more thoroughly.

Colorblinded wrote in post #18356097
I'm curious, what are you hoping to accomplish by aggressively interrogating OP here?

He was pretty clear in his messages that the mounting likely failed, causing the display to drop. Even if this is a one off (I'm not spending my time searching for other cases), he's not hurting anyone with this thread.

There are plenty of possibilities here though. Does your garage experience broad temperature swings? I'm sure the monitor has a rated operating temp range and excessive temperature swings could brittle the plastic, along with UV exposure if it has ever been subjected to much of that. Similarly, if it ever got splashed/sprayed with certain chemicals often kept in a garage, that could weaken the plastic too.

Actually the OP stated that the plastic failed, not the mount.

cicopo wrote in post #18345599
My 2209 fell off it's mount when the case sort of crumbled due (a guess) to aging plastic.

So perhaps we need to address "ageing plastic." I'm having issue with the desire of the OP to cast fault on Dell, when by all indications of others that have posted to this thread there is no history of this monitor having consumer issues not does a web search indicate any further issues with this model monitor.

cicopo wrote in post #18348714
I have reported this to Dell but don't think they took it seriously.]

I'm a mechanical engineer, one trained in failure analysis, and perhaps I like to do a proper study prior to placing blame. There are many potential causes, one being a resonance in the mount that causes vibration that fatigues the plastic. But without further examination, and in the instance of only this one reported failure, I would suspect that if a resonance induced vibration is the cause, then it is something the OP has done. Otherwise others would have reported the issue, which at present still remains a sample size of one.

In that case I'll let you explain to me what part or piece you consider is the mount & how it should carry / support the weight of the monitor. I'm more than happy to admit that there are an infinite number of possible explanations as to what made the plastic crumble & fail but all of that could have become a moot point by adding a very in expensive piece of metal to spread the weight over a larger area of the plastic or better yet to the 4 screws which secure the plastic cover to the chassis.

John from PA wrote in post #18356309
Actually the OP stated that the plastic failed, not the mount.

You're being overly pedantic.