Ever seen this before?

Dr.EM · 15 Jul 2006 at 17:44

I thought at first it must be on the front of my screen, but no, a tiny bug had actually got into the TFT layer and was crawling around in there! I didn't know what to do, hoping that it wouldn't die right in the middle of the screen, leaving a pernament mark. Thankfully, it crawled off to the edge and I haven't seen it since.

Beenom · 15 Jul 2006 at 18:16

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17594846

This thread will most likely get locked, like the other 2-3

Dr.EM · 15 Jul 2006 at 20:33

Well, I didn't think it was THAT common :eek:

. Unfortunately, it seems to have died right next to my recycle bin :rolleyes:

CurlyWhirly · 15 Jul 2006 at 23:59

I was thinking of upgrading to a TFT monitor but after seeing all the threads about bugs getting stuck in the screen, it makes me wonder how on earth they get there in the first place :confused:

Zefan · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:01

So is it actually IN the liquid :S?

benjo plz. · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:01

CurlyWhirly said:
I was thinking of upgrading to a TFT monitor but after seeing all the threads about bugs getting stuck in the screen, it makes me wonder how on earth they get there in the first place

The cooling vents

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Zefan said:
So is it actually IN the liquid :S?

A good answer to this is no

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Zefan · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:02

So where the hell are they?

benjo plz. · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:06

Zefan said:
So where the hell are they?

presumably they're between the ITO of the transistors, and whatever is at the front of the screen.

Zefan · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:07

Phnom_Penh said:
presumably they're between the ITO of the transistors, and whatever is at the front of the screen.

So where the hell are they?

benjo plz. · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:10

Zefan said:
So where the hell are they?

They're inside your screen (or maybe your head?)

Caged · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:10

Zefan said:
So where the hell are they?

presumably they're between the ITO of the transistors, and whatever is at the front of the screen.

locutus12 · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:55

Dr.EM said:
Well, I didn't think it was THAT common . Unfortunately, it seems to have died right next to my recycle bin

lol, how thoughtful of it

benjo plz. · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:58

Dr.EM said:

Is that a screen shot?

ChoÞÞer · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:01

Phnom_Penh said:
Is that a screen shot?

camera :|

benjo plz. · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:02

ChoÞÞer said:
camera :|

Zefan · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:07

So, where the hell are they?

benjo plz. · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:08

Zefan said:
So, where the hell are they?

Why don't you ask one?

Zefan · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:09

Phnom_Penh said:
Why don't you ask one?

There are none in my screen to ask

Dr.EM · 16 Jul 2006 at 11:14

It looks quite a long way in, appearing almost behind the image.

It is still there, but it seems to have slid down into the bin and now is resting on the "recycle bin" text. Yeah, must have got in via the venting, probably attracted to the light. In fact, I managed to push it off the edge a couple of times using paint, drawing black behind it and white in front of it to lure it into the edge. Quite annoying, definately didn't consider this when I bought it

james.miller · 16 Jul 2006 at 11:17

it will be behind the image. its behind the screen mate. You basically have your thin piece of glass(which is the screen) and behind that will be a white sheet material which is used to difuss the light from the tft's backlights. The bugs will be between the sheet and the glass. You'll have to dismantle the tft to get the out.

You think thats bad, i had 3 die in mine all on the same day