So I spilled Sprite on my monitor 4 months ago...

[Gunslinger08]

and it was okay for a few weeks. Then, it started turning the brightness down by itself. Last week, it started bringing up the entire menu, in German. I couldn't take it anymore, so I took the monitor apart. There was a glob of warm sugary goop behind several of the buttons. I cleaned it off, but it still didn't work. So, I cut the signal wires from all of the buttons except for power. Now it's working great.. I just can't access the menu.

Anyone else ever done their own ghetto electronics repair?

 

[Sluggo]

Consider yourself lucky to be alive after fooling around inside a moniter.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
and it was okay for a few weeks. Then, it started turning the brightness down by itself. Last week, it started bringing up the entire menu, in German. I couldn't take it anymore, so I took the monitor apart. There was a glob of warm sugary goop behind several of the buttons. I cleaned it off, but it still didn't work. So, I cut the signal wires from all of the buttons except for power. Now it's working great.. I just can't access the menu.

Anyone else ever done their own ghetto electronics repair?

I'm surprised you're still alive joshsquall! :Q

 

[Gunslinger08]

It's an LCD, so I wasn't in that much danger.

 

[Ogg]

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
It's an LCD, so I wasn't in that much danger.

ahh..if it was a CRT you'd be screwed...

i once took apart my old IBM monitor from 1995, i leanred the hard way...got a nasty shock

 

[MisterCornell]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b

Originally posted by: joshsquall
It's an LCD, so I wasn't in that much danger.

ahh..if it was a CRT you'd be screwed...

i once took apart my old IBM monitor from 1995, i leanred the hard way...got a nasty shock

Did you unplug it?

 

[iluvtruenos]

My phone's fvcked up due to the many times that I threw it on the ground in frustration.

Well, one time I got really, really pissed and started punching it.

Now my screen won't work. When I realized that, I threw the phone on the ground.

Then, the antenna broke off, so I just took an 8 inch long piece of 1/8 welding rod, and stuck it in the antenna hole.

Now I get better reception than ever before. I am able to talk comfortably even in the basement, where before I wouldn't get a signal down there.

The only bad part about it is I can't access my phone book, so I have to type each number in by hand, and then press send.

Phone: Motorola C343a by US Cellular.

 

[Oscar1613]

anger management.... look into it...

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: MisterCornell

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b

Originally posted by: joshsquall
It's an LCD, so I wasn't in that much danger.

ahh..if it was a CRT you'd be screwed...

i once took apart my old IBM monitor from 1995, i leanred the hard way...got a nasty shock

Did you unplug it?

Much electricity stays with the tube even AFTER unplugging. It can take a few days to fully dissipate.

 

[cavemanmoron]

i spilt water into a tower i had just finished building.

Left it sit for a week,I got lucky nothing ruined