NeXT
Veteran Member
He didn't get switched. I stand by my theory that the LCD received some form of rough handling and has cracked the glass in a very specific way.
That is NOT vinegar syndrome and replacing the polarizer film will do nothing to fix it. That screen has "LCD rot" or what is also sometimes called "pixel rot" or pressure damage. It can be caused by mild pressure being put in a spot on the screen for long periods of time (like the trackball pressing against the screen on PowerBook 100s for instance). When it's not clearly the result of pressure it becomes less clear what the cause is. Could be something heavy put on top of the laptop, maybe, or something else.This looks suspiciously like a case of "Vinegar Syndrome" or similar degradation of the bonding between the LCD itself and the polarizer. If that's what it is, well, I suppose it's *hypothetically possible* a change in air pressure could have caused these weird spidery bubbles to just suddenly all pop loose at once, but... yeah, a bait and switch seems a lot more likely.
I think there are sometimes issues with freight compartment pressure on planes. I once had a radio shipped where clearly the outside was depressurized, probably quite rapidly with little time for the internal and external pressure of the radio to equalize. It blew (pushed) the cone out of the speaker and it also ejected the dial. It was definitely a de-pressurization event that did it.It's an urban legend that the luggage compartment in airliners is unpressurized. It's not. Next time you're on a jet if it's not too crowded you can play the game of "find the vent" leading directly to the luggage compartment; the floor of modern jetliners is like swiss cheese in order to make sure that the floor won't collapse if a cargo door were to blow off in flight. (See here and here.)
(Edit: I mean, I guess if you flew back from Japan on a small private jet with wing lockers things might be different, but that's a pretty fancy edge case.)
I've always heard the hardest part is getting the new film on properly without any bubbles. That and removing the adhesive the film left behind. I've actually never heard of someone breaking the glass trying to get the film off. Again though, doesn't apply here as that's not polarizer related.Google around and there are plenty of accounts about DIY-ing it. The VERY hard part, of course, is getting the old film off without breaking the glass...
I think there are sometimes issues with freight compartment pressure on planes. I once had a radio shipped where clearly the outside was depressurized, probably quite rapidly with little time for the internal and external pressure of the radio to equalize. It blew (pushed) the cone out of the speaker and it also ejected the dial. It was definitely a de-pressurization event that did it.
I don't think pixel rot is caused by broken glass.
I'd be interesting in hearing what an LCD industry expert would have to say about this condition.
It is interesting isn't it, the game boy pixel rot just looks exactly the same as that seen in these laptop LCDs - except for the color.he fact that it's orange, even with the light off, that continues to make me think this might be a different animal than the "screen rot" or "screen cancer" as seen on old Gameboys and whatnot. (In all the examples of that I've seen the "rot" is the same color as the pixels.)
I do believe it's in some way caused by a liquid crystal leak. I've seen a few laptops with these STN/DSTN monochrome/grayscale LCDs up for sale that did have proper shattered or cracked screens, and in those images, LARGE areas on the LCD lit up bright orange when the LCD was on. Don't have any photos saved on hand though. But there is a direct correlation between the orange color and cracked LCDs of this type.
I found it in my spare partsWhere did you get the replacement screen?