Lilliput -->smoke -->waves in picture???

**antimatter** · 05-19-2005, 05:06 PM

So i was testing my fabrication on the radio bezel with the screen in and ocnce i was satified with the fit i started to remove it. All of the sudden a stream of smoke came out from behind the radio bezel.

I was like WTH. So i promptly unplugged the opus.

After i brought it inside and verified that it did indeed still power up and display a picture i noticed that there was wavey distortion in the picture.

So i took it apart and inspected. I couldn't find any burnmarks or anything. Then i went to plug back in the speaker and i noticed that there was a burn mark on female connecter that attaches to the leads.

After i powered it up again (this time with the speaker removed) the picture was crystle clear.

Don't know if this has happened to anyone else but it sure scared the scrap outta me

**tj!2k4** · 05-19-2005, 05:29 PM

At least it still works.. who cares about that little speaker

**thanatos106** · 05-19-2005, 05:44 PM

That happend to me once with a tv tuner card.....I fryed the brige cable from the tuner to the audio output and that was it.

**antimatter** · 05-19-2005, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by tj!2k4

At least it still works.. who cares about that little speaker

I don't give a crap about the speaker (who uses them anyways) and i am stoked that it still works. I plan on replacing the speaker with a fan on the backside as soon as the backlight upgrade gets worked out.

**Curiosity** · 05-19-2005, 07:54 PM

You're lucky that's all it did. Maybe the speaker wires shorted together. I found out what happens if you touch just one side of the CCFL inverter output for 1 second. It hurts a bit and smells like burning flesh.

**tj!2k4** · 05-19-2005, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by antimatter

I don't give a crap about the speaker (who uses them anyways) and i am stoked that it still works. I plan on replacing the speaker with a fan on the backside as soon as the backlight upgrade gets worked out.

Now there you go with the positive thinking! Turning those lemons into lemonade! =)

**jcdillin** · 05-20-2005, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Curiosity

You're lucky that's all it did. Maybe the speaker wires shorted together. I found out what happens if you touch just one side of the CCFL inverter output for 1 second. It hurts a bit and smells like burning flesh.

i've still got holes in my fingertips from testing these ccfls

**antimatter** · 05-20-2005, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by jcdillin

i've still got holes in my fingertips from testing these ccfls

Ouch!!!

**projectpcmr2** · 05-21-2005, 11:24 AM

ok im new to this stuff.. i molded my screen to my center panel .. and now put it back together.. connected a power to a molex connecter through my pc's power source.. all of a sudden i see smoke! im like shiet! took the plug off imediately but of course wutever it was its fried.. =( its one of the 2005 model screens .. just discovered that some kind of circuit is toasted.. and have no clue what it is.. its all black now.. if someone has the new screen can you help me? the part thats fried is near the coil pack looking thing near the power side of side of the screen.. if possible i can use a zoomed in look at that area of the screen thanks =)