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Default Well , kinda OT , kinda on

On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:26:15 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
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philo wrote:
On 04/20/2014 05:55 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
My 22" LCD monitor died , backlight problems and I'm not sure if
it's a power supply problem or the CCFL's ... so I ordered an LED
replacement backlight kit . When I disassembled the screen , I
noticed small cracks in the bottom edge of the acrylic ?
backlight diffuser sheet . They just happen to correspond to the
dark streaks in the screen pre-death . I'm wondering if there's
anything I can use on that edge to seal the cracks , thereby
restoring the dark streaks to their former bright glory . Is crazy
glue compatiblte with most clear plastics ? Maybe a drop of acetone
or other solvent on the crack ? It seems that I've actually gotten
longer-than-average life from this screen , but for around 20 bucks
for the kit I figgered it was worth a shot . Worst case is I'm 20
bucks poorer and it's still dead - which is actually no biggie
because my partner-in-life has agreed that a new monitor is a valid
use of tax refund monies and a new one is on the way .




I'm pretty good at fixing things and often go to great lengths to fix
thing most people would toss...but if my monitor died, I'd just get a
new one.


Oh , I did , it's on it's way even as I type . But for 20 bucks I figger
it's worth a shot to try a repair . That screen , if it works when I'm done
, will be hooked to the "farm server" comp that will be set up out in my
shop . And if it doesn't work , well this one I'm using on my desktop will
suffice . CRT's ugh , but if that's all ya got ...


CRTs are fine if you don't have to move them. Mine are sitting where
they are until they die, except for the one on the floor which will
replace the one that dies, until it dies. I used to get them free.

The only problem now is that they are not wide, and this was getting to
be a problem until google.com moved its options from the right,
at-first-invisible side of the screen back to the right side of the left
2/3rds. So that's not a problem anymore.

Right now I'm using a visonics thin screen monitor, square, that a
neighbor threw in the trash, I don't know why.

And someone just gave me another square one that IS broken, but might
just need replacement caps, a guy at a hamfest said. There was a period
a few years ago when a lot of bad caps were sold to manufacturers, but
you can usually tell them because they're swollen upwards and the top,
which is scored in 3 sectors to begin with, is breaking open where it's
scored. This one says nothing when I turn it on for the first 10
seconds it's plugged in. Then it says "no signal" for the next minute,
and after that it says nothing and a faint white line appears at the
top.