Bugs under screen...

[Tauboid]

A few weeks ago we were attacked by swarm upon swarm of what I believe to be thunder flies (small black flying insects). I quickly recognised that a few of the bugs had crawled under my monitor screen and died, what remains of them is a bunch of little black exoskeletons they have left behind. I decided to ignore them but after weeks of noticing them I have grown tired and am now looking for a solution to rid these things outa there.

Few pics :




Thanks to anyone who replies

 

[USAFRet]

The only way is to disassemble the monitor.

My screen last year

 

[InvalidError]

Hm, I would never have imagined there was enough room between display stack layers for bugs to crawl in there. In the few LCDs I have dismantled, the display stack seems practically sealed by the steel frame holding the stack together.

 

[USAFRet]

Hm, I would never have imagined there was enough room between display stack layers for bugs to crawl in there. In the few LCDs I have dismantled, the display stack seems practically sealed by the steel frame holding the stack together.

My dude is still in there. I pushed a bit too hard and squished him. The corpse is still there. Tiny black spot not too far from the center.

 

[Tauboid]

Hm, I would never have imagined there was enough room between display stack layers for bugs to crawl in there. In the few LCDs I have dismantled, the display stack seems practically sealed by the steel frame holding the stack together.

My dude is still in there. I pushed a bit too hard and squished him. The corpse is still there. Tiny black spot not too far from the center.

I'm trying to dismantle it, but I can't seem to get past the front bezel, it feels af if I'm gonna break it... Also it looks to me that the screen is being held together by steel.

 

[reedo_43]

Dude, lcd monitors are easy to take apart but a pain in the ass to put back together. Just make sure you hate the bugs enough to risk your monitor never working again. Just sayin...Good luck!

 

[Tauboid]

Dude, lcd monitors are easy to take apart but a pain in the ass to put back together. Just make sure you hate the bugs enough to risk your monitor never working again. Just sayin...Good luck!

I can't even get into the screen, it's being held together by steel, I'm not gonna even try dismantling my monitor. Maybe there are other ways, I saw a suction cup method but I'm not sure if that's going to work.

 

[reedo_43]

What are you gonna suction? the bug through the screen? They put it together, it comes apart. What is the monitor?

 

[USAFRet]

I just left mine alone. It's only one, and attempting to take it apart is far more hazardous than a tiny black spot.

 

[Tauboid]

What are you gonna suction? the bug through the screen? They put it together, it comes apart. What is the monitor?

Whoops, misclicked best solution but whatever. This is what a meant by suction http://superuser.com/questions/76153/removing-dead-thunderflies-stuck-inside-an-lcd-monitor . However I don't believe that method works on a smallish screen like mine.
Also my monitor is an HP S2031a
Additionally I have three of em, right near the centre.

 

[USAFRet]

There is space. Enough to let them walk around inside.
The suction cup may create enough extra space to let them fall to the bottom.
Or, pushing the suction cup on could squish them enough to be really stuck.

 

[InvalidError]

I'm trying to dismantle it, but I can't seem to get past the front bezel, it feels af if I'm gonna break it... Also it looks to me that the screen is being held together by steel.

Yes, front bezels are a PITA to pry out and you will most likely break a few of their clips in the process of getting in unless you know the clips' exact locations and how to pry them apart to avoid snapping them off. If you do decide to give prying the bezel another try, keep in mind to have some duck tape ready in case you break too many tabs for the bezel to hold the LCD in when you put it back together - in the displays I have opened, the bezel is practically the only thing preventing the panel from falling out.

Taking the display panel sandwich apart to remove the bugs is going to be a delicate operation. You may end up replacing the bugs with a much larger number of dust particles and if you are unlucky, you may also knock the filters out of alignment with the LCD panel, which may ruin your day assuming it did not get ruined already by breaking something during the disassembly/reassembly process.

So yeah, don't bother taking it apart unless the bugs bug you enough to feel like chucking the LCD out. This way, you aren't really losing anything if the surgery fails.

 

[Tauboid]

I'm trying to dismantle it, but I can't seem to get past the front bezel, it feels af if I'm gonna break it... Also it looks to me that the screen is being held together by steel.

Yes, front bezels are a PITA to pry out and you will most likely break a few of their clips in the process of getting in unless you know the clips' exact locations and how to pry them apart to avoid snapping them off. If you do decide to give prying the bezel another try, keep in mind to have some duck tape ready in case you break too many tabs for the bezel to hold the LCD in when you put it back together - in the displays I have opened, the bezel is practically the only thing preventing the panel from falling out.

Taking the display panel sandwich apart to remove the bugs is going to be a delicate operation. You may end up replacing the bugs with a much larger number of dust particles and if you are unlucky, you may also knock the filters out of alignment with the LCD panel, which may ruin your day assuming it did not get ruined already by breaking something during the disassembly/reassembly process.

So yeah, don't bother taking it apart unless the bugs bug you enough to feel like chucking the LCD out. This way, you aren't really losing anything if the surgery fails.

Guess I'm gonna have to put up with em for a while, thanks for the info anyway