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Cracked LCD screen now streaks

Before the new year )not exactl sure when, cudda been a year ago) I saw a hairline fracture on my 2007 laptop. I assumed since it is still working so much later, it is not mercury vapor. If it was mercury it would have all leaked away, right? I looked at the specs and a few models were made with mercury but most not. So today I played with the scratch with my fingernail. It is under some plastic layer. And it began to streak from the scratch upwards and downwards, and at the bottom of the screen it looked like liquid leak collecting. Turned it off and it was still there when back on. Ok, how much worse is it? How long will it survive? Is it toxic? OK, it's LIQUID crystal. But nothing seems to have "gotten out". I have a few discolored knicks on my Kindle but they dona't seem to effect operation (I had dropped my keys on it).

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vjp2.at
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Air is getting in and air is no good medium to replace the lcd layer. Also some conducting lines covering the glass layer(s) get broken. The screen is finished.

Reply to
Sjouke Burry

I've seen some totally destroyed screens, and never saw anything leak out of them. Don't worry about the toxicity.

Reply to
John-Del
*+-I've seen some totally destroyed screens, and never saw anything leak out of them. Don't worry about the toxicity.

Thanks.

How much more use can I expect out of this?

I only need like 200 hrs over three months.

I got two refurb acer aspire ones in 2009, one had linpus, the other Windows. This is the Windows one. After that, I can either replace the screen or trash the whole thing. Fortunately, all my stuff is on the removable SD card. I had an HP Aero 4/25 I was so comfy with and when it died, It was a pain to rescue stuff.

- = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus blog: panix.com/~vjp2/ruminatn.htm - = - web: panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm facebook.com/vasjpan2 - linkedin.com/in/vasjpan02 - biostrategist.com ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---

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vjp2.at

Depends. It's like a car windshield. One good bounce and the crack spreads. With LCDs, you may sever an internal trace that will take out a significant portion of the image. If you can use it as is, try not to disturb it.

Alternatively, you can pick up a cheap monitor from a tag/yard sale or thrift shop and connect it to the laptop.

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John-Del

Replacing screens on an Aspire isn't a big deal. An independent shop will do it for

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legg

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