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    Squished a bug inside my screen...

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Teelor, Sep 5, 2011.

  1. Teelor

    Teelor Newbie

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    Hey so I saw a bug crawling on my screen and was just trying to get it off. And I didnt realize until after I did it that the bug was inside my screen (between that plasticy cover on it). So I now have this tiny smudge from him in there and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to removing it? Thanks
     
    Teelor, Sep 5, 2011
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  2. Qing Dao

    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    Ahhh! Gross! You will have to open up the display to clean it out.
     
    Qing Dao, Sep 5, 2011
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  3. Teelor

    Teelor Newbie

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    Yeah, how exactly do I get the display off? Is it easy to do?
     
    Teelor, Sep 5, 2011
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  4. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    No it is incredibly difficult. There's a thread below or next page where someone swapped out their LCD you can use it as reference.
     
    widezu69, Sep 5, 2011
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  5. maxilick

    maxilick Notebook Consultant

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    Very unique situation, its a first. Congrats!
     
    maxilick, Sep 5, 2011
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  6. Kratzen

    Kratzen Notebook Consultant

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    If you are on warranty you should call dell and have them replace it. Bugs shouldnt be able to get in there
     
    Kratzen, Sep 5, 2011
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  7. Laxxi

    Laxxi Notebook Evangelist

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    This reminded me of Eternal Darkness on the GameCube... When your sanity
    metre was drained you use to get all sorts of funny effects that mess with your
    head, like bugs crawling across the screen or random messages saying "memory
    card corrupt". So much fun!

    I do wonder how in the hells a bug managed to get inside your display
    though. I just spent about 9 months in Africa (LOADS of bugs, of all shapes,
    sizes and degrees of toxicity) and the only bug issue I had was a couple of
    squashed ones dropping into the keyboard. It's worth pointing out that they
    find the bright screen VERY attractive in low-light conditions, so I was
    constantly trying to chase them away.

    This is definitely a first as Maxilick stated!
    Hope it doesn't prove to be a massive PITA to fix!
     
    Laxxi, Sep 5, 2011
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  8. noelho

    noelho Notebook Consultant

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    i concur ... get dell to replace it if you are under warranty ;P
     
    noelho, Sep 6, 2011
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  9. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    You also might want to check inside the computer. Heard of horror stories about how bugs like the warm insides of a computer to have babies in.... just a thought.
     
    ejohnson, Sep 6, 2011
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