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First post, by Piecho

Posted on 2017-11-24, 21:50

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Hey,
I`ve got great Toshiba laptop with MMx133 but because of my mistakes with retrobright it is damaged now.
1) Stripes on the LCD. Any possibility how to eliminate it?
2) Some keys like Q,A,right arrow normally are not working. But if I press another key and fast one of damaged ones they are working fine. I dont see possibility to disassembly the keyboard, only keys and rubbers may be removed. Any protips how to fix it?

Reply 1 of 4, by Deksor

Posted on 2017-11-24, 23:48

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I think your screen is dead unfortunately ...

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Reply 2 of 4, by blurks

Posted on 2017-11-25, 01:02

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You applied retrobright on the laptop without disassembling it first?

Reply 3 of 4, by hyoenmadan

Posted on 2017-11-25, 02:59

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Retrobright contains hydrogen peroxide. It should never be applied to electronic parts, because the peroxide will eat the highly active metals contained in your electronics PCB and flex cables/membrane contained in the keyboard. The damage you did to your device is equivalent of the well known battery leaking meltdowns, and probably the screen and the keyb are damaged by the chemicals beyond repair.

Reply 4 of 4, by SW-SSG

Posted on 2017-11-25, 03:04

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May as well attach keyboard, mouse, and VGA monitor to it and use it as a desktop.

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