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Sharp 15.4 WUXGA leakage

post #1 of 37
2/28/04 at 9:47pm
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or brightness or bright bars or light bars or whatever you call them, mine has em on the top of the screen and the bottom. I called Tech support today and the guy asked me to make sure they were still there in the BIOS screen. Kinda hard to tell as the BIOS screen has a bright teal border on top and bottom. Anyway after making sure the LCD connector was firmly plugged in he said the screen needed replacing adn I needed to send it in. I told him I felt competent enough to do it myself and he said this may void my warranty. I tell him I have read of several others doing it, and he said "Oh, it's an Inspiron 8600 ... yes that is a consumer replacable part" or something to that affect. I now have a new Sharp screen (was told the same thing as another user about getting a Samsung, can only replace like for like) on the way and if it does the same thing we will do this about 50 more times until I get one that works to my liking! I'll keep you all updated.
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post #2 of 37
2/28/04 at 11:48pm
Sharp is actually better than samsung i know its hard to believe but its brighter
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post #3 of 37
2/29/04 at 1:19am
I have the sharp screen and have none of the light problems and no dead picsels so there are good ones out there.
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post #4 of 37
2/29/04 at 3:20am
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Thanks for the info guys. I assumed the Samsung screen was superior from reading these forums. Guess I should read my own tagline ...

Where on the Dell site can you get your system details, LCD manufacturer and such? I got to it once but cannot seem to pull it up again. I am thinking it was in the Premier support section, but now I get a message saying my access to that may have been revoked.
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post #5 of 37
2/29/04 at 9:58am
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Originally Posted by cutter
I have the sharp screen and have none of the light problems and no dead picsels so there are good ones out there.
so to be clear, u have no noticable light at bottom on black background?

good news, since my machine is at tech now.

anyways, anyone know if i can see status etc. of the repair over the net?

seems they go out of they length to hide phone numbers.

and also the two calls i got from england, the number didnt show up on my phone.
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post #6 of 37
2/29/04 at 2:25pm
No status on repairs only shipping and ending results. pray it doesnt take over 10 days
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post #7 of 37
2/29/04 at 10:46pm

Brighter.....WOW

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Originally Posted by DELL-Machina
Sharp is actually better than samsung i know its hard to believe but its brighter

I am amazed that the Sharp screen is brighter than the Samsung. I am using a WUXGA Samsung right now and always end up lowering the brightness a couple of clicks when using it.

If the Sharp is that much brighter is must be blinding
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post #8 of 37
3/1/04 at 1:06am
Yeah its really strange on the samsung model lines the WXGA and WSXGA screens are brighter than the WUXGA screen theres got to be a reasonable explanation but i just dont see it. I didnt believe it till i actually compared both side by side
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post #9 of 37
3/1/04 at 1:41am
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Originally Posted by DELL-Machina
No status on repairs only shipping and ending results. pray it doesnt take over 10 days
im what religious people call an atheist, so i just take a glass of whiskey....
in this case maybe a bottle
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post #10 of 37
3/1/04 at 2:04am
Sorry this took so long Ive been gone. It is true that I have no noticable Light on Black background just checked again to make sure. Allso I doo turn down the brightness at times.
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post #11 of 37
3/1/04 at 11:24am
thanks. i see the status on dell web has changed to "call has been moved, you will be contacted"

i miss my dell..

on another note we were watching the oscars this morning, 2.30 am to 6.3 am. and had a shot everytime someone said thanks or thankyou. im not in good shape now.
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post #12 of 37
3/2/04 at 11:59am
just called, and it was finished repaired and tested yesterday. Probably sent today but they couldnt find a tracking number. Have to call again tomorrow to see if they find the number.
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post #13 of 37
3/3/04 at 7:01pm
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Well I got my new LCD on March 2 (after the initial call on 2/28, very speedy shipping), installed it (SUPER easy to do) and the illumination problem on the new one is worse than the first. Putting in a call to Tech support and trying for another one.

BTW, they sent a refurb samsung. My original was a Sharp ... so much for the 'like for like' policy. No dead pixels on either screen, but this leakage is just unacceptable.

Gonna see if I can get some good comparison pictures posted ... I may have to read a tutorial or something.
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post #14 of 37
3/3/04 at 7:35pm
Yes, please post more pics...this 'problem' is happening so often, it makes me wonder if the 'light-leaking' is just the natural state of those screens...?
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post #15 of 37
3/3/04 at 7:46pm
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Originally Posted by GoRacers
Well I got my new LCD on March 2 (after the initial call on 2/28, very speedy shipping), installed it (SUPER easy to do) and the illumination problem on the new one is worse than the first. Putting in a call to Tech support and trying for another one.

BTW, they sent a refurb samsung. My original was a Sharp ... so much for the 'like for like' policy. No dead pixels on either screen, but this leakage is just unacceptable.

Gonna see if I can get some good comparison pictures posted ... I may have to read a tutorial or something.

ouch,not looking good...

for me dell doesnt know where my laptop is, only that its finished repaired...
geeze, gonna call for the 3d time tomorrow.

bought a "stress ball" today, probably squeezed the **** out of it for the 15 min i waited for a tech over the phone.
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post #16 of 37
3/3/04 at 11:11pm
both replacement screens i got were samsung refurbs both did not show any illumination or leakage of any kind th efirst one just had this tiny single black pixel in the corner i just couldnt let go
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post #17 of 37
3/3/04 at 11:14pm
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Let's see if this works ... Here's a picture of the original:



And here's the replacememt received on 03/02/04, substantially worse along the bottom edge:



I took these in a dark room to show it to full effect, the light is only on the bottom, one of the pictures looks like there is some sort of brightness in the middle of the screen that is not there in reality.

It is not real noticeable when using windows, but when watching a DVD or playing Warcraft III between scenes it is very noticeable and does get worse the longer the lappy is on.
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post #18 of 37
3/3/04 at 11:32pm
did you ever have problems with horizontal rain? cause when i initially got the laptop i didn't have this problem, but after i got the horizontal rain problem it looks like my lcd is starting to have to problem
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post #19 of 37
3/3/04 at 11:42pm
Can you get an ingame shot of warcraft and use one ISO setting lower?
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post #20 of 37
3/4/04 at 5:50am
whooo whoooo. called dell tech, and they had no clue where my machine was or if it was sendt.

called dhl delivery, and gave them my name and the info i had on my slip from sending the machine..

it is in norway today, and should be delievered in 2-6 hours.

havent been this exited and anxious in 9 years since a girl said "ok then, if you stop bothering me"

by the way, my screen was like that last image, so well see.
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