Monitor Repair

zombieminteractive

I have a Dell Monitor that I accidentally scratched when cleaning my pc out, and installing a new SSD.

Does anyone know of a repair kit, or how I can fix it? Its a matte finished screen.

skyline5gtr

LCD ? You cant really fix a scratch on a monitor, did you break a pixel or just scratch it ?

EarthQuake

You would likely have to replace the entire panel, which should be cheaper than a new monitor, but not much.

I would just live with it.

glottis8

Or get one at black friday since that is coming up.

zombieminteractive

No pixels are damaged.
Its just the outer plastic that protects them.

skyline5gtr

So your talking about the frame ?

zombieminteractive

Its the screen itself (the mattee) but the pixels under the scratch still work.

I guessing its the plastic sheet over the the pixels to protect them?

EarthQuake

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the screen itself is usually attached to the panel and the whole thing will need to be replaced as a unit.

There are a bunch of "home remedy" sort of fixes out there, but I'm not sure I would do that. http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Scratch-on-an-LCD-Screen

The Flying Monk

Sounds like you've scratch the outer layer of protective plastic. I'm pretty sure that the screen cleaning/repair kits just polish the surface to make scratches less visable. Get a bottle of the stuff thats advertised as LCD cleaner and one of those micro fibre cleaning cloths, it should buff out.

And those things are a sealed unit. The plastic outer layer is probably bonded directly to the lcd glass.

zombieminteractive

I fixed the issue to make them less "visable" using toothpaste.
I find it is good for now, as I don't notice it unless I think about looking for it.
Should do until I can afford to build a new rig/new monitors

ExcessiveZero

zombieminteractive wrote: »

I fixed the issue to make them less "visable" using toothpaste.
I find it is good for now, as I don't notice it unless I think about looking for it.
Should do until I can afford to build a new rig/new monitors

vaseline is better, as its a more transparent material.