17 Nov
2020
17 Nov
'20
4:56 p.m.
Hi folks - be grateful for a little advice please.
Some time I rescued an Apple Power Mac G4 (it's a beautiful machine, not
that I'm a big Mac person, and I can't believe someone was going to toss it)
- powers up OK but looks like it just needs a new battery as its not holding
date and time.
Anyway the other day I was cleaning up in my collection facility and dropped
the monitor - I wasn't quick enough to save it from hitting a metal object
just under the bench and as chance would have it of course this happened
screen side. Its put a gouge in the surface of the screen - link to photos
below.
http://koken.advancedimaging.com.au/index.php?/albums/apple-screen/
Now I believe it is possibly repairable but the are many kits and methods
out the all claiming some success. I figure I'm only going to get one shot
at this so would appreciate any advice from anyone who may have effected
such a repair before.
Thank you.
Kevin Parker
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18 Nov
18 Nov
1:53 a.m.
Whilst i have no experience replacing Apple G4 displays, LCD replacement
in general is fairly easy. For starters, you're 100% going to need a new
panel, preferably a like-for-like, though it's entirely possible you
could stick in a different model if it's using LVDS connections inside.
It's just a case of disassembling, swapping the screen, and reassembling
in the reverse order.
To be honest, it's probably cheaper just to buy a complete display,
instead of replacing the LCD screen. There won't be much price
difference between the LCD panel and a complete display.
22 Nov
22 Nov
6:22 a.m.
On Nov 18, 2020, at 4:53 AM, rice43 via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Whilst i have no experience replacing Apple G4 displays, LCD replacement in general is
fairly easy. For starters, you're 100% going to need a new panel, preferably a
like-for-like, though it's entirely possible you could stick in a different model if
it's using LVDS connections inside. It's just a case of disassembling, swapping
the screen, and reassembling in the reverse order.
To be honest, it's probably cheaper just to buy a complete display, instead of
replacing the LCD screen. There won't be much price difference between the LCD panel
and a complete display.
The display shown in the original question looks like the early Apple LCD with a
proprietary interface connector. Those might be available, but not all that common.
A good option might be to replace it with a conventional DVI LCD. Depending on the Mac,
it might have a second display connector that is DVI -- my Mac Pro does, for example. Or
you might be able to find a convertor cable, I don't remember what's involved in
those.
paul
1:42 p.m.
Thank you - the idea of replacing the actual screen did not occur to me but
it's interesting that you might be able to do that.
By repair I meant repair the surface as the underlying pixels appear to be
OK. I have read a few articles on different methods and some crowds even
tout a kit to do it - is this snake oil or does it really work. I'd
certainly be grateful for any advice from anyone who may have effected a
surface repair.
Thank you again!!!
Kevin Parker
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Subject: Re: LCD screen repair
Whilst i have no experience replacing Apple G4 displays, LCD replacement in
general is fairly easy. For starters, you're 100% going to need a new panel,
preferably a like-for-like, though it's entirely possible you could stick in
a different model if it's using LVDS connections inside.
It's just a case of disassembling, swapping the screen, and reassembling in
the reverse order.
To be honest, it's probably cheaper just to buy a complete display, instead
of replacing the LCD screen. There won't be much price difference between
the LCD panel and a complete display.
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1qZM43W3s0v_y2M0f8BF4c2NfHml5Hf6Bq4h603?si=8000000004908274&pi=9abeeff1-a7c8
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2:44 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020, Kevin Parker via cctalk wrote:
Thank you - the idea of replacing the actual screen
did not occur to me but
it's interesting that you might be able to do that.
By repair I meant repair the surface as the underlying pixels appear to be
OK. I have read a few articles on different methods and some crowds even
tout a kit to do it - is this snake oil or does it really work. I'd
certainly be grateful for any advice from anyone who may have effected a
surface repair.
I've used clear glue for pits and cracks in automotive windshileds.
I've never used it, but I have heard that there exist clear glues for
scratches on eyeglasses. I wonder how well THAT works?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
23 Nov
23 Nov
1:11 a.m.
You'll have a better idea than me, but it looked like the underlying
glass in the LCD panel was cracked, though that might have been dust
smudges.
If it's just the overlying plastic coating that's scuffed, it's possible
to replace it, but quite tricky. I'm not overly familiar with the panel
in question, but often there's several layers of plastic. One is likely
a matte effect coating, and the one underneath is probably the polariser
sheet. If it's the polariser that's gone (you can tell, because the
damaged area where the polariser has gone won't have any colour, will be
solid white), you'll need to very carefully replace that (in the right
orientation!) without causing air bubbles or other artefacts in the
process
If it's just the matte coating, just remove it, again very carefully.
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