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PostPosted: 17 Apr 2006, 03:05 
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:shock: :shock: :shock:

OK, my ten year old son made me a birthday card on a big sheet of construction paper with black permanent magic marker (Sharpie) and leaned the "card" up against my one-month old 2405FPW. It wasn't dry yet.

Thankfully, there as only one spot left on the monitor. Dead center about the size of a grain of rice. You can imagine my shock and surprise. I took some 90% alcohol and a Q-Tip to it. It came right off (thank God).

Thought I would post here with this fix in case it ever happens to anyone else. I know I was sweating bullets thinking that I had an eyesore for the next 6 years and would see it everytime I used this monitor. The alcohol not only took it off, but it didn't hurt the LCD finish either. After I got the marker out I used some iKlear Apple Polish purchased at The Apple Store and it is good as new!

-scaryogre


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PostPosted: 17 Apr 2006, 09:54 
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What a relieve. :D
It would be like if you had a group of 15 dead pixels in the middle of your screen.
The horror. :shock:


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PostPosted: 17 Apr 2006, 09:58 
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glad you got it all out...

could you quote what you said when you discovered the blotch?? :twisted:


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PostPosted: 17 Apr 2006, 20:27 
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glad you got it all out...could you quote what you said when you discovered the blotch?? :twisted:


It was along the lines of WTF is THAT!!?!?! I also vaguely remember feeling my neck for a pulse.


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PostPosted: 17 Apr 2006, 21:50 
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Yeah, I've seen things like that before... glad to hear you got it sorted, anyway... ;)


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PostPosted: 19 Apr 2006, 09:08 
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LOL... oh man, that must have been NASTY. I'm glad you got it clean though.


The worst damage you can do to an LCD is with a compass. :cry: Nothing recovers from a hole.


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PostPosted: 19 Apr 2006, 10:55 
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The worst damage you can do to an LCD is with a compass. :cry: Nothing recovers from a hole.

How on earth did you do that? :shock:


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PostPosted: 19 Apr 2006, 11:40 
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Indeed, did you throw it against your screen or something? :?


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PostPosted: 30 Apr 2006, 14:55 
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A wiffle ball won't do them much good either. My 3 year old and I were having a little batting practice in the house. Now my 17 in LG has a crack in the screen from top to bottom. Oops Pooldoc


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PostPosted: 04 May 2006, 11:24 
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How on earth did you do that? :shock:


Not me. It was student vandalism. :evil:


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