*+-> My laptop screen looks like it has two curving crisscrossing wite threads on
*+-> it. Turned off, it looks like they are cracks, but not to the feel. Else
*+-> works fine. Is it hazardous (eg mercury)? If I do nothing, will it get
*+-> worse. I may have leaned on it, but don't recall any accident.
*+->
*+-If it's old, it could use CCFL back lighting which has a small amount of mercury. I don't believe there's any in an LED based display.
*+-You may have cracked it if you closed the top and there was something inside just a wee bit bigger than the gap between the screen and keyboard/mousepad.
*+-If you can see the defect with the laptop turned off in a bright light on an angle, then the inside glass layer is cracked. These cracks do generally get worse. If it's a newish laptop, you can change the screen.
Many thanks. It is a ten year old Acer Aspire ONE>
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