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    What happen to 17R3 screen?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Warlord_Link, Mar 5, 2017.

  1. Warlord_Link

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    Hi everyone,

    Has someone every face this issue? As the pictures I attached, on the upper left of screen, I don't know how to describe this. the screen tilted a little bit. I don't have any idea how to fix it.

    Alienware 17R3 4K Screen.



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    Warlord_Link, Mar 5, 2017
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  2. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah it looks the screen is tilted, is it new or out of warranty?
     
    Vasudev, Mar 5, 2017
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  3. Warlord_Link

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    It is our of warranty T_T
     
    Warlord_Link, Mar 5, 2017
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You might have to disassemble the screen and align it properly. Maybe @judal57 and @rinneh can help.
     
    Vasudev, Mar 6, 2017
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  5. rinneh

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    Its impossible pretty much for the wcreen to tilt considering how it is mounted.

    Also it seems to be a graphic glitch? Bbecause the upper left icons appear to be rendered nornally. Isnt it the desktop wallpaper.

    If it is physical, maybe one of the screen layers on the inside has shifted. BUt its impossible that the whole screen tilts inside.
     
    rinneh, Mar 6, 2017
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    Doesn't look shifted the screen. It's something else. The desktop icons looks parallel to the bezel
     
    cn555ic, Mar 6, 2017
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    Thank you all for the suggestion. Yes the desktop icons look normal, even I take screenshot it look perfectly and look like only the light filter inside screen only tilted.

    It only appear on the physical, but I don't know how to fix this issue. Never found this issue before.
     
    Warlord_Link, Mar 6, 2017
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  8. judal57

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    try to run some dead pixel test on youtube for an hour or so, this could help :S
     
    judal57, Mar 9, 2017
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    It looks like something happened with one of the layers in the LCD itself. I haven't opened any modern LCD panels but the older ones had different layers of glass/plastic/etc. Looks like something physically shifted in the panel itself.

    http://www.lcd-parts.com/polarizer.aspx

    That page shows what I'm talking about.

    Edit: Didn't see that Rinneh posted the same thing about the layers. My bad.
     
    tobyg, Mar 9, 2017
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  10. judal57

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    one time i opened a LCD and saw that layers, definitely NOT RECOMMEND to open it. that layers are an insane footprint magnets and you literally cant clean them
    you are going to see your fingerprints on the display when you re assembly
     
    judal57, Mar 9, 2017
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