Can anyone help, I think this PC screen is dying

Rich · 10-07-2006, 9:31 PM

This computer screen seems to be dying, does anyone know how it possibly could have happened?, maybe somebody has seen something like this before?
I've been told it looks like somebody has put pressure on the screen but it's dying in 2 places, bottom lefthand corner and the top righthand corner.
Maybe somebody knows a quick fix, I've heard if you put pressure on the screen you can get dead pixels out, but this is something else and I don't want to make it any worse.

JohnG · 11-07-2006, 6:32 AM

Is it a CRT screen ? Is there something magnetic near it ?

Rich · 11-07-2006, 6:33 AM

No it's a TFT and the black blob in the righthand top corner is growing.

RMCF · 11-07-2006, 7:08 AM

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Originally Posted by richardl10

No it's a TFT and the black blob in the righthand top corner is growing.

Are you sure its not an asteroid thats just getting closer?

JohnD76 · 11-07-2006, 7:11 AM

:D

Made me laugh.

stevefish69 · 11-07-2006, 7:17 AM

Are you sure that the screen hasn't been dropped or had something hard thrown at it

Looks to me like the black blob is a crack in one of the layers of the screen that is losing the liquid crystal, which could also possibly explain why the stuff is not present in the bottom LH too.

Accidental house insurance if it's worth it

Rich · 11-07-2006, 7:18 AM

This is my work PC, I was working saturday, then the person working Monday morning found a small 1/4" blob, which has grown.
Of course because i was the last to use it, I'm getting the blame.
It made me laugh, the guy who thinks he's the computer expert at work, is adamant it's because I've placed a magnet on the screen

stevefish69 · 11-07-2006, 7:34 AM

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Originally Posted by richardl10

This is my work PC, I was working saturday, then the person working Monday morning found a small 1/4" blob, which has grown.
Of course because i was the last to use it, I'm getting the blame.
It made me laugh, the guy who thinks he's the computer expert at work, is adamant it's because I've placed a magnet on the screen

Are you sure that it's your screen and hasn't been swapped by someone who has accidently lost their temper with theirs.

Rich · 11-07-2006, 7:40 AM

No, everyone else has got a bog standard screen, I had to have the biggest one with the best picture quality available..........see I have learned something on this forum

Nick_UK · 11-07-2006, 7:51 AM

Probably knocked over by a cleaner, who whistled quietly and said nothing.

Singh400 · 11-07-2006, 12:36 PM

-offtopic- What is that stack of cubes of your windows desktop? Looks cool!

ush flynn · 11-07-2006, 12:59 PM

its literally a black hole sucking all your Liquid crystal into nothingness and slowly expanding... Its cool

gav1810 · 11-07-2006, 3:06 PM

u sure its not the solar eclipes to go with ur desktop background

Uridium · 11-07-2006, 3:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Singh400

-offtopic- What is that stack of cubes of your windows desktop? Looks cool!

Looks like a Yahoo widget of some description, Yahoo widgets are a great invention for slowing down your Win startup times and supplying you with useless info whenever you need it

Rich · 11-07-2006, 3:58 PM

The cubes are a CD writing program, I can't remember which.
You're right ush flynn, t does look like a black hole. I hate to think how big it will be, when I get in work tonight.

Reign-Mack · 11-07-2006, 4:06 PM

I would like to comment on this but I would only be berating the op so I'll say nothing

Joe90sDad · 11-07-2006, 5:11 PM

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Originally Posted by richardl10

No, everyone else has got a bog standard screen, I had to have the biggest one with the best picture quality available..........see I have learned something on this forum

Maybe one of your workmates was jealous and gave it a smack?

M-C-P-M · 11-07-2006, 5:21 PM

When you get in to work take another picture and let us see how it progressed

Rich · 11-07-2006, 9:11 PM

It's a bit bigger.
I've decided to make a feature of my destop now

JagoPlasma · 12-07-2006, 8:47 AM

little tip, when making a hoax, dont move the blob inwards when your expanding it as it gives the game away

Gee · 12-07-2006, 9:08 AM

Are you sure its the monitor? Try a different monitor on your PC as it could be a weird graphics card failure.

Rich · 12-07-2006, 3:47 PM

Not sure what JagoPlasma's on about, has he been drinking or something?
Gee, I'll try another monitor at some point, I'll have to if this has got to be repaired or replaced.

**IronGiant** · 12-07-2006, 4:33 PM

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Originally Posted by richardl10

Not sure what JagoPlasma's on about, has he been drinking or something?
Gee, I'll try another monitor at some point, I'll have to if this has got to be repaired or replaced.

He is suggesting that a circle that perfect has been generated by CGI

Which is probably what Reign-Mack was alluding to as well

Dave

Rich · 12-07-2006, 5:03 PM

It's not a pefect circle anymore (even though it looks like it on the photo), it has various pixels disappearing around it now.

**IronGiant** · 12-07-2006, 10:06 PM

Actually I have seen something similar before, do you have any legacy software installed? There was a very old screensaver that ran a distorting circle across the desktop. I'll bet you have that installed (or some wag has put it on your machine as a joke) and because it won't work with your current drivers it's got stuck as an expanding black circle. Because it looks so artificial I'm inclined to think it is a software problem rather than a problem with your screen. Try putting a Windows recovery disk in and booting off that, and let us know whether the circle is still there, but don't try and reinstall Windows at this point as you may lose important data.

HTH

Dave

stu232 · 12-07-2006, 10:23 PM

It's got an oil leak.

Anyway, if its a work pc, tell them it's fook and u need a replacement!!

With regards to Regmarch screensaver comments..

To find out if it is software based, just boot the machine up in safemode, if the blob is still there then it's a technical failure.