Think I got a bug in my screen

BoozerDawg · 8 Jul 2009 at 15:59

Ive got 1 stuck dead in the middle of my screen, been there for a year, was hoping the little bugger would decompose away or something

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CurlyWhirly · 9 Jul 2009 at 09:12

'Wes said:
Tbh, with the amount of vents at the back of Dell monitors, i can't say i am suprised.

These vents are needed to let out all the heat

Because of this, I cover my monitor when not in use.

The heat should stop the bugs when it's on (and hot)

DEL 707 · 27 Jul 2009 at 12:09

Little update, he seems to be dead, I've now got a bug corpse on the right side of my screen...

Would like to get him out, but I've got a funny feeling it's not going to be a 5 minute job.

CreAtiv3 · 28 Jul 2009 at 11:36

Awww poor fella...

Best bet is to tap on the side of the screen and hope it drops down buddy.
What monitor do you have by the way?

craig3000 · 28 Jul 2009 at 12:19

Well you learn something new everyday

plasmahal · 28 Jul 2009 at 12:48

I have a couple of thunderbugs in my laptop screen that have died but stayed in place......

They get everwhere....

Datamonkey · 28 Jul 2009 at 13:01

d_brennen said:
Been to Mumbai and Delhi, Indian bugs are much bigger and more likely to eat the user than **** about in the screen lol

I was lucky, I had 2 pop up in my 3007 a month back, followed the torch trick mentioned above and they soon left. Thank god.

MoRT489 · 28 Jul 2009 at 17:21

I couldnt believe it when i first read about this last year and then it happened to me! They like chasing the mouse cursor (cos it's brighter i guess) so u can tease them away from the centre of the screeen.

If alive leave the monitor off over night with a bright lamp on near to it (might work). If dead u could try turning the monitor upside down and shaking it and tapping on the screen gently whilst trumpetting the "last post"

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 28 Jul 2009 at 19:41

Got one in my dell 24" as well, and I had dell monitors at work and got one in one of them.
Never managed to shift either.

Design fault imo, bet yo cant get to them from inside, just never dared to rip the monitor open ^^

ns400r · 28 Jul 2009 at 20:38

Had one in my 24" Dell a few weeks after I bought it.
I simply took the screen out, dismantled it and blew the bug out. Then reassembled everything and not had another in 2 years.