LCD monitor water damage

[SQ]

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I have a 24" LCD, Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.

I have a child in the family that got mad and poured about half a
gallon of water on top of it.

At first, it turned on and displayed mostly everything OK except that
there was this shady area at the bottom.

Now half an hour later it turns on and immediately turns off. It also
makes this hissing sound.

Is this monitor permanently gone or will the water dry up and it will
start working again?

I put it in front of a window fan for now.

 

SQ wrote:

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I have a 24" LCD, Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.

I have a child in the family that got mad and poured about half a
gallon of water on top of it.

Why did he/she do that ?

At first, it turned on and displayed mostly everything OK except
that
there was this shady area at the bottom.

Why did you do that ?

Now half an hour later it turns on and immediately turns off. It
also
makes this hissing sound.

Is this monitor permanently gone or will the water dry up and it
will
start working again?

I put it in front of a window fan for now.

Would have been a LOT better if it was dried out before you attempted
to power it up. We run PC boards (though not LCD monitors) through the
dishwasher and then 'bake' them in a food dehydrator at 105 F for 17
hours (timer limit of the dehydrator). Point is, the water won't
necessarily destroy things as long as the power is off. Try it again
in a few days but don't hold your breath.

G˛

 

[hr(bob) hofmann@att.net]

On Sep 4, 10:59 pm, SQ <onestatus...@yahoo.com> wrote:

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I have a 24" LCD, Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.

I have a child in the family that got mad and poured about half a
gallon of water on top of it.

At first, it turned on and displayed mostly everything OK except that
there was this shady area at the bottom.

Now half an hour later it turns on and immediately turns off. It also
makes this hissing sound.

Is this monitor permanently gone or will the water dry up and it will
start working again?

I put it in front of a window fan for now.

I'd also dock the kid's allowance for the nextr couple of years!!!!

 

[Jerry G.]

You should have not powered up the monitor in the first place.

If the monitor was connected to the AC, the standby supply section
would be active anyways, and thus damage may have been done from the
beginning.

To have a chance for recovery, I would have taken the monitor
completely apart, disconnect all the boards and modules, open all the
shields, made sure that everything is very clean, and carefully dried
as best as possible.

Then I would have let the individual boards stand out in the opened
for at least several days, or bake them in a convection oven at about
95 to 105 degrees F. for at least 24 hours to dry them off.

After re-assembling, there would be a very good chance that the
monitor will work again.

Because you put the power on while the circuit boards were wet, there
is most likely damage. In consideration of the facts, I am very sure
that you will have to replace the monitor.

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As far as the child is conserned, I would find a proper way to deal
with him to avoid such damage in the future. I would seriously
consider consulting a child phsycologist to find out the proper way to
deal with this! In the future this type of behavour can lead to more
serious problems for you and your family.

Maybe denying the child from watching TV for a number of months,
limiting him to a very restricted social life with his friends, and
taking aways his favorite toys for the same period of time may
convince him to behave.

In the case of pouring a liquid substance in to an electrical device
there can be very serious safety concerns for electric shock and fire
hazard!


Jerry G.

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On Sep 4, 11:59 pm, SQ <onestatus...@yahoo.com> wrote:

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I have a 24" LCD, Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.

I have a child in the family that got mad and poured about half a
gallon of water on top of it.

At first, it turned on and displayed mostly everything OK except that
there was this shady area at the bottom.

Now half an hour later it turns on and immediately turns off. It also
makes this hissing sound.

Is this monitor permanently gone or will the water dry up and it will
start working again?

I put it in front of a window fan for now.

 

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:06:42 -0700 (PDT), "Jerry G."
<jerryg50@hotmail.com> wrote:

As far as the child is conserned, I would find a proper way to deal
with him to avoid such damage in the future. I would seriously
consider consulting a child phsycologist to find out the proper way to
deal with this! In the future this type of behavour can lead to more
serious problems for you and your family.

Why waste the money on a psychologist. Hook two wires to the kid.
Stick one in his mouth, connect the other to his balls. Plug the
wires into a 220 Range outlet, and watch the punk cook.

TJ