[Reddit.com] Visual results of overheated 30" monitor

[KingFatty]

Found this on Reddit.com, guy has a ruined 30" Dell monitor due to practical joke gone bad (they left it turned on; would have been fine if turned off I think):

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/usqli/as_a_practical_joke_some_coworkers_wrapped_my/
"As a practical joke, some co-workers wrapped my office in foil. In the process, my 30" LCD monitor was accidentally turned on, and it boiled itself. Here's what it looked like when I unwrapped it."

Even though aluminum is a good heat conductor, it seems the monitor relies on air convection movement through the vents which the foil blocked.

http://imgur.com/a/2s0Et

 

[Ferzerp]

Some Visine will fix that right up.

 

[TridenT]

How does the thing not have an auto-shut off feature...?

 

[postmortemIA]

How does the thing not have an auto-shut off feature...?

usually it doesn't if it does not have any signal. "signal not found" message goes on and on..

 

[TridenT]

usually it doesn't if it does not have any signal. "signal not found" message goes on and on..

No, I mean, specifically meant for high temperatures... Kind of like how most computers auto-shut off when the processor gets too hot.

 

[lopri]

Heat from the 30" is one of the reasons why I'm looking to move to multiple LED screens.

 

[BD231]

Looks like busted capillaries :hmm:

 

[badb0y]

The monitor was on but the computer was off? Shouldn't it have gone to stand by mode or something? I know on my 3007WFP if the computer is off the screen shuts off and the blue light turns orange.

 

[Ichinisan]

Heat from the 30" is one of the reasons why I'm looking to move to multiple LED screens.

I don't follow that reasoning. The heat would still be proportional to the screen area. In fact, multiple displays totaling the same viewable area as a single display could be less efficient because they'd have multiple power supplies.

 

[BFG10K]

What a waste of a good piece of equipment.

 

[Schmide]

Sell it to Danzig, tell him it's full of blood.

 

[2is]

That really sucks

 

[ViRGE]

No, I mean, specifically meant for high temperatures... Kind of like how most computers auto-shut off when the processor gets too hot.

It's not usually an issue. The only time a monitor is going to overheat is if it gets wrapped in foil and turned on, which is exactly what happened. Otherwise even in a warm client these things have no problem cooling themselves through convection.

 

[Grooveriding]

Yeah silly thing with these monitors is that when you disconnect it from a video card output and have it powered up, it doesn't go into sleep mode. It revolves through different colours until you either plug it in or turn it off.

 

[Lonyo]

I don't follow that reasoning. The heat would still be proportional to the screen area. In fact, multiple displays totaling the same viewable area as a single display could be less efficient because they'd have multiple power supplies.

Not even close.

30" 2560x1600 uses nearly 50% more power than 27" 2560x1440
23~24" 1920x1080p monitors use less than half the power of a 27".

A 30" monitor is ~400 square inches.
24" is ~260 sqin, and uses potentially 1/4 of the power.
(Comparing max vs max. And yes, there is more variety in what the max brightness will be due to backlight choices etc, but then there are more panels available for lower resolutions which will also have different power requirements).

 

[AustinInDallas]

If that is the u3011, I love it. I make 55 bucks when i sell one

 

[WiseUp216]

Some Visine will fix that right up.

I lol'd.

:thumbsup:

 

[rickon66]

Have your coworkers found a new job yet?

 

[Aikouka]

Heat from the 30" is one of the reasons why I'm looking to move to multiple LED screens.

I used to use two U2709W monitors, and my room would get ridiculously warm when I turned them on. Now, I only use one, and my other monitor (ASUS VG278) uses an LED backlight, and it's definitely cooler in my room now. I felt the back of both monitors, and unsurprisingly, the Dell is fairly warm and the ASUS is a tiny bit warm, but not bad at all.

EDIT:

I don't follow that reasoning. The heat would still be proportional to the screen area. In fact, multiple displays totaling the same viewable area as a single display could be less efficient because they'd have multiple power supplies.

I assume it's because of the cathode lighting more so than the size of the screen.