I'm using an SMB monitor.
Everything else is fine, but it takes at least 30 seconds or more to wake up from power-saving mode, and with high probability both the resolution and refresh rate get reset.
I had been trying to fix it since a few days ago using Hermes agent, using difficult technical jargon like EDID and DRM. Just when I thought it was working reasonably well, it kept breaking again and again, but starting this morning the screen won't show up at all.
I had been fixing it using a local LLM (Qwen 3.6-27b), and I thought it was fairly reasonable and seemed to pinpoint the cause well, but that wasn't the case. I sometimes used Qwen 3.6 Plus to fix it, but there was no progress.
So I made up my mind and used Claude 4.6 Opus from OpenRouter as the model to fix it. I spent about 30 minutes going back and forth, and it accurately pinpointed the cause and made the repair. The previous models tried to fix it on their own, but Opus kept asking "try turning the monitor on now, turn it on, how is it now?" while testing itself, reading measurements and collecting data. The responses were also very clear and precise—I felt like I could distinguish between Qwen 3.6-27b, Plus, and Opus just from a few words exchanged. And finally... success. The moment the monitor turned on perfectly was incredibly thrilling. Since I was even thinking about throwing the monitor away, it felt even better.
And then... with trembling hands, I clicked on the OpenRouter homepage. I wanted to see how much I'd been charged.
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I spent $11 in 30 minutes...ㅠㅠ I'm thinking it's better than throwing away the monitor. I'm convincing myself that if I consider calling a service technician, it's not that expensive.
Addition> One-line conclusion: If you use a smarter model, you save time, but you have to be prepared to spend that much more money. Nothing is free in this world...
