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Is it possible for light leakage to get better as time goes on?

post #1 of 77
4/14/05 at 3:39pm
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Maybe I am going crazy, but when I first got my XPS2 there was a significant amount of light leakge across the bottom of the otherwise beautiful screen. Now, even with the machine running for extended periods of time, there is no noticeable leakage. I haven't changed any brightness settings or gamma from their defaults. I'm stumped. Happy, but stumped.
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post #2 of 77
4/14/05 at 3:42pm
I think so. My 2005FPW had some light leakage and people were raving mad over it kind of like some people here over the WUXGA but now after having it and using it for 5 weeks there is no light leakage.
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post #3 of 77
4/14/05 at 4:34pm
Are you guys sure???
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post #4 of 77
4/14/05 at 4:50pm
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Positve. I have taken my laptop into the can and killed all the lights and I can't see any light leakage anymore. It's black as night. When I first got hte machine and the light leakage was evident even with the lights on.

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post #5 of 77
4/14/05 at 4:54pm
Same here. Both my 9100 and 9300 have samsung screens with minor light leakage but.. the leaking is gone.. strange no?
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post #6 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:00pm
maybe the heat from the laptop warped the rubber seal? hahahaha i dunno.
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post #7 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:05pm
hmmm. I was about to request a replacement LCD for my 9300 XGA screen.. Maybe I should wait? Should I keep it on all the time to expedite the "burn in" that will make the light leakage go away?

Mine leaks from the bottom and the top.
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post #8 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by Despotes
Are you guys sure???
Yep, when I ordered my 2005FPW there were 100 page threads over at HardOCP about the light leakage problem on them. I was worried to say the least and when I got it I had some minor light leakage along the bottom right corner but that is now gone after 5 weeks of use. Don't ask me how but it is. I almost at one time took the thing apart to tape it because someone said the tape holding the backlight is loose causing the leakage but I couldn't figure out how to get it apart.
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post #9 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:05pm
If you peeps are not Dell employees--this is starting to sound like good news.
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post #10 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:07pm
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Originally Posted by Stomper
hmmm. I was about to request a replacement LCD for my 9300 XGA screen.. Maybe I should wait? Should I keep it on all the time to expedite the "burn in" that will make the light leakage go away?

Mine leaks from the bottom and the top.


I cannot guarantee everyone is going to have the same luck but at least on one of my LCD's the leakage went away. I haven't received my XPS2 yet.
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post #11 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:16pm
After using this new screen for a few days, the light leakage is still there but its not as "strong" as it first was. What I mean is the light leakage seems to have gotten dimmer with use and I'm guessing it will eventually fade down to nothing over a few weeks of use. Aside from that my display is perfect, no sparkles, bright and decent whites.
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post #12 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:19pm
guys the reason it may seem like the light leakage goes away is because you get used to it and it seems like its getting better and better. but in reality its the same as when you first saw it. my 2 cents
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post #13 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by LUOLOGY1
guys the reason it may seem like the light leakage goes away is because you get used to it and it seems like its getting better and better. but in reality its the same as when you first saw it. my 2 cents

Not true, I tested it with lights off on a totally black screen and it is gone.
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post #14 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by LUOLOGY1
guys the reason it may seem like the light leakage goes away is because you get used to it and it seems like its getting better and better. but in reality its the same as when you first saw it. my 2 cents
Nope, its not that, I can see it gradually fading.
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post #15 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:34pm
Why do you guys get bothered with light leakage btw? Do you guys even know how LCDs work? Because, its not like it affects the screen or if it had no leakage, it would somehow be brighter or something.
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post #16 of 77
4/14/05 at 5:39pm
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Originally Posted by ForceCalibur
Why do you guys get bothered with light leakage btw? Do you guys even know how LCDs work? Because, its not like it affects the screen or if it had no leakage, it would somehow be brighter or something.
Because it DOES affect graphics, movies and games when the leakage is severe--as in my case.
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post #17 of 77
4/14/05 at 6:04pm
Yes, in my case, the light leakage is so bad that when I watch a movie during a dark scene, it's like someone painted light grey blotches all over the screen. The bottom 1/2 inch is so bright that the colors are actually several magnitudes brighter than the rest of the screen at all times.

Also, I know it shouldn't be this way becuase my first 9300 did not have the problem. So I can actually compare apples to apples and see the light leakage on this one.
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post #18 of 77
4/14/05 at 6:20pm
I have noticed that I have more light leakage if my noobook screen is colder.
I think as the screen warms up the LCD crystal material is able to move or twist easyier and have a truer null or black state.

Daley
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post #19 of 77
4/14/05 at 6:25pm
I've noticed the opposite. When I first start it up it's pretty decent looking---but after roughly 10 minutes it looks like garbage.
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post #20 of 77
4/14/05 at 6:31pm
having disassembled many lcds I know how they work. It is a seal problem that causes the leakage. Whats most probable is the seal is overly compressed when the screen is assembled and as time passes and the screen is heated and cooled it settles back into a proper seal. This will "cure" the leakage.
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