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Fortyseven

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I have a bug that seems to have died in my monitor and is now causing a black mark to appear on the image the whole time.

Any ideas how to get it out?
 
Try switching off all the lights (tonight) in the room your monitor is in and then leave a torch shining into a vent of the monitor - it might attract it back out. (it's hit and miss if it works - but worth a try)
 
If it's dead, luring out with light won't work, unless it's a zombie bug, in which case a small bowl of brains left near to the monitor might work.

Seriously though, you have 2 options really, hope it decays quickly and and leaves little mark, or as I saw someone else in another thread had done rather cheekily, they called the manufacturer, claimed they had a large cluster of stuck pixels and RMA'd it.
 
HazardO said:
If it's dead, luring out with light won't work, unless it's a zombie bug, in which case a small bowl of brains left near to the monitor might work.
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Hehe - a fair point i seem to have glossed over the dead part. Having said that thunder flies can be static for long periods so it may yet have a 'Lazarus' moment. ;)
 
HazardO said:
Seriously though, you have 2 options really, hope it decays quickly and and leaves little mark, or as I saw someone else in another thread had done rather cheekily, they called the manufacturer, claimed they had a large cluster of stuck pixels and RMA'd it.
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I am worried that the lack of air in there means that it may take a while to decay.
No idea where the receipt is for the monitor as it is getting on a bit now.
 
Have you tried tapping your finger against the screen using a lint free cloth as a buffer between your finger and the screen? You can tap harder than you think as the screens are hardier than they look.
 
We've tried tapping quite hard and it isn't moving at all, also tried sticking the vacuum hose above the vent. Would compressed air down the vents be a bad idea? The casing seems to be moulded so we would probably end up destroying the monitor trying to open it up.
 
I'm not sure about the compressed idea - i.e. just poking it in the side and hoping - i suspect it has its risks as it's not widely mentioned as a solution. (anyone else?)

I've only come across its use when the screen/layers (the backlight, diffuser and actual LCD panel) have been taken apart and, only then, has it been used to try and spray the offending fly away. The trouble is modern monitors are notoriously difficult to take apart - so the theory sounds great but the logistics of taking a screen apart successfully are not good. As you’ve already mentioned – there could be a high possibility of you breaking the monitor trying this method. What's annoying is my 32" Samsung LCD TV was a doddle to take apart but my DELLs (2209WA) look completely sealed - im guessing it's cheaper to make sealed units and most monitors seem to favour this design :/.

As the bug is dead and not shifting i would give the screen a gentle tap everyday and hope that it comes off sooner rather than later and, inturn, hopefully leave little/less residue. Not so much a definitive solution but more a waiting game – but it seems your options are very limited unless you're willing to try something radical…

Good luck with it.
 
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tapping is proaly the worst you can do. as your gonna squash the bug and all the goo inside will come out and glue it nicely. best best is to box it up put in the back of a car with the closest edge to the bug facing down and go for a drive along some bumpy back roads. solong as you havent squashed it, the vibration shoud encourage it to migrate towards the edge by mavity. tho rma'ing is usually the best bes

nb, ofen you can rma to manufacturer with a suitable serial number even without a reciept. worth calling them, as the bug does basically count as dead pixels, since its not an exterior mark :)
 
Amonlym said:
best best is to box it up put in the back of a car with the closest edge to the bug facing down and go for a drive along some bumpy back roads. solong as you havent squashed it, the vibration shoud encourage it to migrate towards the edge by mavity
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The above is a good idea - definitely worth a try.

Although if rma is an option i would choose that route as even if it does eventually drop it could well leave a residue mark.

Good luck.
 
Carefully take the screen apart. Separate the various layer and gently blow the corpse out. Failing that, leave it.

I had one in my 24" Dell again last week. Light to the side seems to have stopped it dying on screen.
 
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ns400r said:
Carefully take the screen apart. Separate the various layer and gently blow the corpse out. Failing that, leave it.

I had one in my 24" Dell again last week. Light to the side seems to have stopped it dying on screen.
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As I said before, it's not possible to take the screen apart, the outer casing is moulded and has no screws. We could attempt to break it open, but then the whole thing would be destroyed anyway.
 
Didn't see where you'd said that the monitor couldn't be taken apart. But it went together so must come apart.
 
Plec said:
Try switching off all the lights (tonight) in the room your monitor is in and then leave a torch shining into a vent of the monitor - it might attract it back out. (it's hit and miss if it works - but worth a try)
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This is good advice if it had been still alive. I had one in my monitor crawling around, and doing that ensured it did not die where it would be visible. :)
 
ns400r said:
Didn't see where you'd said that the monitor couldn't be taken apart. But it went together so must come apart.
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ns400r is right, it should be able to come apart - it just looks sealed. However, it will require a bit of force/leverage, at the right points, and, obviously, considerable risk (as you may damage the outer shell trying to separate the inner clips).

It will be clipped together very tightly as they're not designed to be separated but they can be taken apart - but not without its risks if you don't know where the clip joints are - which is where you would, ideally, apply the leverage. Have you ever tried to take apart a mobile phone, kid’s toy etc that doesn’t appear to have any points of separation? If you have, it’s the same principle but on a much larger and more expensive scale.

You could try googling your monitor and hope that someone has had to try this before and written up their experience or you could experiment with ‘p*ssing in the wind’ and hope that you can get through the process without getting covered in the yellow stuff. ;)

Understand, I’m not recommending this I’m just pointing out it ‘should’ be possible. I personally would be looking into this as a solution, if i couldn't rma the monitor, but it’s not advised if you can’t afford a mistake.

Good luck.
 
I feel your pain...

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This is in my 3 month old 32" sony LCD TV and it's annoying as hell! I'm gona try sending it back as 'dead pixels', and if they refuse it's war!
 
ARGH I've got a live one of thse in my monitor right now!

It's following the white cursor on a black background to the top and I'm hoping then I can turn the monitor off and put a light nearby to attract the little bugger out.
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