Question Can using a cracked laptop screen hurt my laptop?

[kenshuuu]

I have a crack in my LCD screen (https://ibb.co/MCgG41v).

Can using it with my laptop potentially damage my cable and/or motherboard?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

I don't think it will hurt your pc per se. But it could harm you. There could be mercury vapors leaking into the air from the crack/s. And inhalation of that is very harmful.

 

[Encryption+]

Not sure what mercury vapors your referring to from an LCD, but that's a big crack I recommend replacing it.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Not sure what mercury vapors your referring to from an LCD, but that's a big crack I recommend replacing it.

Your LCD screen uses mercury to generate visible light as part of the viewing process. Because of that, there's a chance that mercury vapors could escape when the screen becomes cracked. I guess I made it up

 

[huss987]

Do not worry about it. The only issue you may face is the crack getting bigger, although I'm not sure how usable it would be with a crack that large.

With regards to this weird mercury thing, the mercury in the LCD's is so little its practically nothing.
I've used a laptop with a cracked screen for over 5 years, and I do not seem to suffer Mercury poisoning.