Melted Panel

Una · 6 Feb 2008 at 18:16

Hi, I got back from uni today and found the following has occurred:

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Has the liquid exploded? I have no clue what could have caused it. Seems like a strange place to go if it was an electrical fault?

It should be under warranty still as I bought it from ocuk last year...

Munkeh · 6 Feb 2008 at 18:32

Looks very strange... what is the damage to the left of the hole? Any chance of an in focus picture?

RaiderX · 6 Feb 2008 at 18:43

Munkeh said:
Looks very strange... what is the damage to the left of the hole? Any chance of an in focus picture?

the plastic left of it has melted

Freeman · 6 Feb 2008 at 18:43

Wow, never seen anything like that before. As said in a previous post a focused picture would be better. What's that red inside the burnt hole?

Una · 6 Feb 2008 at 18:47

Freeman said:
Wow, never seen anything like that before. As said in a previous post a focused picture would be better. What's that red inside the burnt hole?

This is the only camera I have at the moment sorry. If you look very closely the black liquid is a little red the camera just seems to have made it look much more red than it is. Yeah the plastic on the outside has warped as well.... My first thought was that someone had put a lighter/cig up to it but the plastic outside is warped as well not just the hole. Could the sun have somehow done it?

Munkeh · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:01

By the direction of the melt pattern on the left side of the monitor it looks like an external heat source in a left to right (as you look at the photo) direction. Almost like a pair of straighteners or similar has melted it.

Una · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:25

Munkeh said:
By the direction of the melt pattern on the left side of the monitor it looks like an external heat source in a left to right (as you look at the photo) direction. Almost like a pair of straighteners or similar has melted it.

Yea that is quite worrying.. if it wasn't a problem with the monitor and someone did this while I was out (means someone has keys to my room).

Haiku · 7 Feb 2008 at 04:48

Una said:
Could the sun have somehow done it?

I seriously doubt it.

Was it totally switched off? It does kinda look like someone has pressed a iron or something against it.

JSW · 7 Feb 2008 at 10:04

Looks like a soldering iron got a bit close to me :confused:

Makhaira · 7 Feb 2008 at 10:06

As Munkeh said, the worse frame melting seems to be on the far left, away from the screen hole? In which case, unless your actual frame contains electronics (not the case in ANY monitor as far as I know), this must have been some sort of external source to get that heat pattern,surely?

ots3go · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:36

Someone's got a key to your room and is vandalising your property.

Have a nice day.

Munkeh · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:41

I think I would ask for the locks to be changed to be honest. Anything else out of place? This is getting quite CSI...

Exentia · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:42

looks like the tip of an Iron look at the way the burn on the display is in a triangle shape and lines up with the melting on the frame...start checking irons mate.

ots3go · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:49

Exentia said:
looks like the tip of an Iron look at the way the burn on the display is in a triangle shape and lines up with the melting on the frame...start checking irons mate.

Are there the steam holes from the iron in the frame too?

Exentia · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:57

ots3go said:
Are there the steam holes from the iron in the frame too?

good shout that will give it away. unless its too mangled, any impressions at all you can make out. ooh i feel all CSI like!

geuben · 7 Feb 2008 at 12:01

If this were CSI, we'd be able to enhance the picture and see the perfect imprint of an iron.

Makhaira · 7 Feb 2008 at 12:07

You ****** anyone off? Only other thing I could think of is cleaner accident, but I fail to see HOW the hell that would happen.

Crashgate3 · 7 Feb 2008 at 12:08

geuben said:
If this were CSI, we'd be able to enhance the picture and see the perfect imprint of an iron.

They'd be able to get the reflection of the person's face that was 'imprinted' in the screen and identify them

geuben · 7 Feb 2008 at 12:18

Crashgate3 said:
They'd be able to get the reflection of the person's face that was 'imprinted' in the screen and identify them

You just know there are some Epithelials in the melted plastic!

back on topic: it's got to be an external source, do you have a lamp or something that may have been on/hot and touched it? do you have a cleaner?

rudeboymcc · 7 Feb 2008 at 12:35

why would anyone break into a room and start soldering on the desk? or straighten their hair?

think this one's for sherlock

definately agree though that no monitor electronics can hurt the frame however badly it explodes. and most lcd panels in monitors have metal casing so the lcdelectronics shouldn't actualy get to it at all.. (unlike laptops where the lcd panels aren't protected by anything apart from the laptop caseing)