Anyone feeling brave? How to fix the backlight bleed on the Dell 2005FPW

Baddass · 18 Mar 2006 at 10:25

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/dell2005_backlight_fix.htm

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anyone feeling brave enough to try this method? Some people have done it elsewhere across the net and had some luck

Richdog · 18 Mar 2006 at 10:30

Wow that's really cool, not sure i'd have the guts to do it though...

Jimbo · 18 Mar 2006 at 17:50

I wonder if this could be done with a samsung 930bf?

Manifest · 18 Mar 2006 at 18:13

I def want to do it but i think its well too sketchy , although i said the same about and old psu and i still went in...........

Baddass · 18 Mar 2006 at 18:43

well it's probably the same principal with a lot of monitors, so might work. It takes a brave man to try it!

djohn · 18 Mar 2006 at 19:13

The improvement is amazing Baddass. For those not brave enough to give it a go it might be worth having a word with this chap to see what he would charge to do the job for you. I suppose it would work for all makes/models.

This chap specialises in repairing laptops and TFT screens, even polish out a scratch on a TFT panel. Laptop & TFT screen repair

Magic Man · 19 Mar 2006 at 00:27

Makes you wonder though why the manufacturers don't properly coat/cover their panels in the first place...

Things change I've changed · 19 Mar 2006 at 00:47

Not a hard job tbh, I,ve had a lot worse opening latop's up and cleaning them out for people, had some scary moments tho,

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Hades · 19 Mar 2006 at 01:41

Why bother? Just RMA it as faulty. If you start messing with it then the manufacturer can refuse to repair it.

Baddass · 19 Mar 2006 at 10:18

Hades said:
Why bother? Just RMA it as faulty. If you start messing with it then the manufacturer can refuse to repair it.

for people who have been refused an RMA, or it's outside warranty, or they cant be bothered to return it again.....

mcmad · 19 Mar 2006 at 13:21

If you RMA one its likely the replacement has the same problem, its a design problem.

tempted to give mine a go..

Manifest · 19 Mar 2006 at 17:19

mcmad said:
If you RMA one its likely the replacement has the same problem, its a design problem.

tempted to give mine a go..

Think they have changed the model now, its got the flat buttons like the 30 inch so maybe thev changed the inside too?

Vegeta · 19 Mar 2006 at 19:16

I'm tempted to do it, how long is dell warrranty when you buy from their site? had it for a while now, hate for it to lose its warranty if i do open it and somehow it breaks at a later date.

Baddass · 19 Mar 2006 at 21:24

Vegeta said:
I'm tempted to do it, how long is dell warrranty when you buy from their site? had it for a while now, hate for it to lose its warranty if i do open it and somehow it breaks at a later date.

think it's 3 years. Thing is, would they really know that you have voided the warranty? You can put it back together, but when you ring up for an RMA they have no way of checking or anything, they normally send out a replacement and change it there and then. they dont ask you to send it off and for it to be inspected, so you may be ok anyway

Manifest · 19 Mar 2006 at 21:44

Baddass said:
think it's 3 years. Thing is, would they really know that you have voided the warranty? You can put it back together, but when you ring up for an RMA they have no way of checking or anything, they normally send out a replacement and change it there and then. they dont ask you to send it off and for it to be inspected, so you may be ok anyway

Yeh i very much doubt thed notice as long as ** real carful where all the visible joins are, its would be easy to put a few scratches in the plastic frame while getting it off. I havent decided if im gonna open mine up or return it or just live with it. I got back light bleeding from the top right its not that bad but it is noticable on v dark and blck screens.

Either way this tft is ridiculous

Vegeta · 19 Mar 2006 at 22:09

ive had mine for a while and the backlight bleeding isnt so bad i wanted to return it, may give it a shot however.

Jimbo · 20 Mar 2006 at 17:58

Would this work if the bleed was right across the middle of the screen or just the corners?

edit:

looking at the article again it looks like I would have to apply the tape across the back of the panel. Hmmmm Im sorely tempted to try this on my Samsung 930BF.