New 2005FPW but has black light bleed

Unkno

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Well, i just got my new Dell 2005FPW and it has a little black light bleeding but luckily no dead pixels. I have heard that if you let the monitor go warm/hot for a few hours then turn off and lay the monitor onto a flat desk, the weight of the display would fix some of the blacklight. My question is would this fix it and if yes, how do i remove the display off the base (lol). I tried pushing onto the "display removal button" then pulling the display but it didn't work.




UPDATE: I have tried this fix (First let the monitor warm up for 2 hours [3 hours best], then lay monitor flat down - LCD/Screen side - on a hard flat surface and let it sit there until COLD, I sat mine for around an hour or more) and it had helped tremendously. I can barely see the black light leak even when my room is pitch dark with a black background. I'm not sure if this is only a temporary fix but i'll make another update tomorrow telling if the fix is perm or temp.

UPDATE 2: More than 24 hours has passed and the black light remains the same as yesterday (after the fix). You can only see a little black light leak on the bottom corners of the panel if your room is pitch dark with a BLACK background.
 
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As for removing the panel from the base, it's pretty straightforward...make sure you're pressing the button on the back of the panel and lift up and somewhat outward. If you're looking at the base and the rear of the panel as you're doing this, it's pretty easy to see.

As for the backlight issue...I have no idea. I've also heard of that "remedy", but to be honest I have no idea if it works.
 

Unkno

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are you suppose to lift up and pull outward really hard? Cause i have tried it pretty hard but it still won't come out
 
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Nope...shouldn't require much force at all. Forgive me for asking, but are you sure you're pressing the right button (the one on the back of the LCD panel itself, not the one on the bottom of the base)? Once you're pressing it, all that you should need to do is kind of tilt the monitor upward some, and lift it off the stand's mounting bracket.
 

Unkno

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yea, i have the right button.....i'll try it in 2 hours or so, waiting for monitor to warm up. Now, anyone know if this "fix" works?
 

Unkno

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yea, one more hours to get it warm up then i'll try....will it make the blacklight worse?!
 

Matthias99

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Originally posted by: Unkno
yea, one more hours to get it warm up then i'll try....will it make the blacklight worse?!

backlight. Say it with me: backlight. ie, the light in the back of the display. :p

It shouldn't hurt anything, but I doubt it will make it any better. Give it a shot and let us know if it works.
 

gorcorps

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Originally posted by: Matthias99
Originally posted by: Unkno
yea, one more hours to get it warm up then i'll try....will it make the blacklight worse?!

backlight. Say it with me: backlight. ie, the light in the back of the display. :p

It shouldn't hurt anything, but I doubt it will make it any better. Give it a shot and let us know if it works.

Thank's for pointing that out. I was thinking UV at first... made no sense.
 

jiffylube1024

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Let us know if the backlight stays fixed over the next couple of days.

I have a 2005fpw myself, so if this reduces backlight leakage, then I will try it as well.

I'm guessing that maybe the only reason the backlight leakage is so apparent is due to the screen being upsdide down during shipping; this would correct the problem by resetting it to how the factory set it.
 

Unkno

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Edit: oops, was supposed to edit not quote, damnit, the text is so small.....
 

Unkno

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Originally posted by: xtknight
Does this work on any LCD? Might this make it worse?


yes, this fix works on all LCD but it may or may not fix the back light bleed, depends if your lucky. As answered above by another person, it shouldn't make anything worse, actually made mine better. All i hope is that it's perm and not temp....