Hair in my Computer Screen

**Blah64** · 05-28-08, 08:43 PM

I just noticed I have a strand of hair stuck inside my monitor. WTF!?!
How does a hair strand get inside the screen in the first place! Then how do you get it out! It's kinda annoying.

**trailhunter** · 05-28-08, 08:49 PM

LOL! You shouldn't be looking for that kind of stuff. Now you will look at it every time you set in front of it.

**Cojiro** · 05-28-08, 09:37 PM

are you sure its a hair? maybe its a scratch or a series of dead pixels

**Blah64** · 05-28-08, 09:40 PM

It's definitely a hair. I can kinda move it around. But I can't figure how to get it out.

**angryarab** · 05-28-08, 09:58 PM

dude post pic of it. lol
itll be like a puzzle

**Girlslikeguns2** · 05-28-08, 11:40 PM

I would get one of those air can things and BLOW the damn thing out of there!
That might work
If it is one of those stuborn hairs you might need two cans.

**WorstPE** · 05-29-08, 06:36 AM

I'm thinking it's a CRT, right? If it's inside the screen it's probably inside the tube and you can NEVER get it out. Unless you feel like breaking it open. Then which you might as well get a new monitor.

**Consultant** · 05-29-08, 07:18 AM

I'm pretty sure that most modern monitors have a thin layer of plastic that covers the actual display (to prevent damate)...My CRT does and so does my work LCD. I can see how a hair could get in the space between that protective cover and the display.

I'd look for screws on the back that look like they access that cover (if its there) and try to get it out that way.

Monitors contain a ton of power so unplug it first...and even then, its probably wise to let it rest for a few hours to let the capacitors discharge.

In the mean time, post pics or give us more details about your monitor.

If you are hesitant to mess with it, I bet a TV repair place could get it out for you without charging too much.

A hair on my screen would bug the crap out of me!

**WorstPE** · 05-29-08, 07:23 AM

Don't worry about the caps. Just lick them to discharge them. :P

**Blah64** · 05-29-08, 08:52 PM

I still don't know how it got there, but I got it out. I spent around an hour on it. I wiggled it to the edge of the screen, then lifted the edge of the screen a little bit and pulled it out. It's a cheap LCD, with plastic edges that lift up a coupla millimeters.