Help/advise needed to fix a monitor + remove a piece of dust inside the screen!

winterwonderland · Dec 30, 2019

So. I bought Samsung C27JG5x for $50 cuz according to the owner, the monitor's back part is not entirely in place. So, i decided to buy it... Now, is it fixable, or? If so, any advises on how i go around to do so?

Another problem occurred when i was setting up the monitor, and it's the fact that there is that piece of "dust" that managed to crawl within the opening, so now it's stuck inside the screen... any advises on how i go around to move that piece of dust?

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The screen itself works brilliantly, except for the above-mentioned issues. A monitor that costs about €300 i got for €50, which is quite understandable...

Thanks in advance !

Bill_Bright · Dec 30, 2019

Interesting you said "crawl". You sure that is not a gnat or "noseeum"? If a bug, due to their moisture content is probably really is stuck in there. Those panels can be disassembled, but it is tricky and often not worth it. If you can remove the bezel, you might try setting the monitor top down (to get gravity on your side) and try using a vacuum to entice it out. Using a very small wood or plastic wedge to very gently release any pressure between the layers may help. But err on the side of gentleness. Too much force may crack something.

That said, it is pretty much out of the way and I suspect your mind will soon learn to ignore it, much like we forget rear-view mirrors are in our way. As long as, that it, it does not decide to "crawl" down into the middle.

Edit comment: Fixed typo/spelling.

winterwonderland · Dec 30, 2019

Bill_Bright said:
Interesting you said "crawl". You sure that is not a gnat or "noseeum"? If a bug, due to their moisture content is probably really is stuck in their. Those panels can be disassembled, but it is tricky and often not worth it. If you can remove the bezel, you might try setting the monitor top down (to get gravity on your side) and try using a vacuum to entice it out. Using a very small wood or plastic wedge to very gently release any pressure between the layers may help. But err on the side of gentleness. Too much force may crack something.

That said, it is pretty much out of the way and I suspect your mind will soon learn to ignore it, much like we forget rear-view mirrors are in our way. As long as, that it, it does not decide to "crawl" down into the middle.

Bad choice of words. I can definitely see it's a piece of dust and not a bug.

I will try and do those things, and hopefully it'll be solved one way or another... :eek:

Thanks for the advises!

Bill_Bright · Dec 30, 2019

Good luck!

WHOFOUNDFUNGUS · Dec 30, 2019

There are several YouTube videos on dismantling monitors and putting them together. You might wish to try watching a few of those first.

micropage7 · Dec 30, 2019

If it just stuck between the backlight and the panel you can open it and clean it
But if it stuck 'inside' the panel/the glass there's no way to clean it. Sorry for that

WHOFOUNDFUNGUS · Dec 30, 2019

Some people just take out the glass and leave it out.

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Help/advise needed to fix a monitor + remove a piece of dust inside the screen!

winterwonderland

Bill_Bright

winterwonderland

Bill_Bright

WHOFOUNDFUNGUS

micropage7

WHOFOUNDFUNGUS