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Orange spider web on the screen , Help :(

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Reply 20 of 32, by megatron-uk

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kingcake wrote on 2024-02-29, 01:39:

Looks like when Fungus grows inside old camera lenses.

That was my thought too; the fractal-like pattern is almost a dead giveaway of either a fungal growth or some crystalline structure from bio-chemical reaction.

Has the condition of the case been checked against the sellers pre-sale images? Especially that scratch at the front edge.

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Reply 21 of 32, by Angus MacGyver

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Hello everyone,

Happy ending : )

It's safe

Reply 22 of 32, by megatron-uk

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Hurrah! Saved!

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Reply 24 of 32, by Angus MacGyver

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I will do it one day

Reply 26 of 32, by Dominus

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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-03-03, 07:49:

In that case maybe better get rid of it. Dont know about you, but I wouldnt want to keep spreading fungus around 😀

yeah, I'm sure that is how The Last of Us happened...

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Reply 27 of 32, by Angus MacGyver

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😀

Reply 28 of 32, by elszgensa

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"Purchasing a similar matrix is bordering on a miracle"

Proceeds to find a straight drop in replacement within a week.

Dude.

Reply 29 of 32, by 3lectr1c

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Just for anyone reading this thread in the future - this is NOT vinegar syndrome and steps to fix that condition will not work. This failure is pixel rot, caused by either pressure placed on an area on the panel or other unknown failures. There is no known fix for this condition, and it's within the inner layers of the screen. Completely unrelated to the polarizer film.

I probably have too many old laptops.

Reply 30 of 32, by Angus MacGyver

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Exactly as written above!

Reply 31 of 32, by Angus MacGyver

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elszgensa wrote on 2024-03-06, 02:14:

"Purchasing a similar matrix is bordering on a miracle"

Proceeds to find a straight drop in replacement within a week.

Dude.

Seriously ! And yet a miracle happened

Reply 32 of 32, by xrtp

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I stumbled upon this thread after picking up another Nan Tan/Kapok laptop with the same issue. My model is a 9200AD (DSTN) with a small amount of pixel rot in the lower right corner. I swapped out the panel and installed a TFT from my 9600T after a BIOS flash.

Anyway, glad to see you got yours fixed! I was wondering if you could please take a photo of the jumper block under the keyboard/memory expansion module. This 9200AD was messed around with by someone before it came into my possession, and the DX2/66 is running at 50 MHz. I can't find any reference online about what the settings should be, and the jumpers aren't the same as the 9200M/D/T model.