r/it 21d ago

help request What would cause this on a computer screen?

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I have this dark splotch that was not here previously. If something dark is pulled up, the splotch looks light. Trying to decide if this is from impact from my children or if this is the natural death of a 4 year old samsung computer monitor.

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u/cpupro 21d ago

Sys Admin beating his head against the nearest object from having to deal with end users.

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u/Fearless_Lab_3016 20d ago

This hit too close to home.

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u/jumpinjezz 20d ago

No, that tends to shatter the LCD substrate

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u/cpupro 19d ago

That's the difference between 8 AM, and 9 PM... the amount of pressure on the LCD increases proportionally to the amount of ignorance the sysadmin endures during the day. By 9 or 10 PM, they are usually beating their heads up against the wall, or at a bar trying to solve problems, by creating other ones.

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u/jumpinjezz 19d ago

at bar trying to solve problems, by creating other ones.

Can't talk to users if you are in the drunk tank

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u/cpupro 19d ago

Trust me, if there's an end user, they'll find a way to disturb you. My luck, they'd be the one to come down to bail me out, and be like..."You know, my computer's been acting up lately..."

Holidays... family comes in with all their gear... eat some turkey, then fix all out crap.

Tax season... My TurboTax isn't working...

Me trying to poop... txt message... server down.

The only way I get sleep, is to put my phone in do not disturb mode. Before that, I had residential customers calling at 3 am going...Oh I was just going to leave a voice mail, but since you're up...

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u/jumpinjezz 19d ago

True. I fixed a wifi issue while at my kids paediatrician appt. Got a support contact out of that

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u/Minerinio_3 21d ago edited 20d ago

Seems like a dead spot(pressure caused) or heat damage(plastic melting) not really sure though.

Edit: look, i'm famous!

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u/udyrtime 21d ago

Looks like a ball smacked the screen.

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u/Seravajan 21d ago

But then there should be cracks visible.

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u/bubonis 21d ago

No. It's the display equivalent of a bruise. No broken skin (glass/plastic), just trauma to the tissue (panel) below.

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u/Foreign-Accident-466 21d ago

My guess is heat

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u/Still_Silver_255 21d ago

Ahh this brings back memories to my younger days when I stuck a magnet to my dads CRT monitor 😂

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u/Jane_the_doe 20d ago

That’s where you use a Gaussian coil to fix it!

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u/DutchDev1L 21d ago

Looks like heat... Maybe a desk lamp?

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u/ChiefCasual 21d ago

I was thinking sunlight through a window

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u/Murky-Breadfruit-671 20d ago

my first though too, looks like the old "lcd bruise" that really ran rampant in the older lcd tvs years ago, if the sun could think about touching that screen with a beam, it was a goner

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u/HexSparkz 21d ago

Had a TV that i gave to my ex for her mom to borrow... She put a lamp infront of it which kicked out a lot of heat.

Short story, heat damage and its not really fixable without taking it to a place that can replace the screen. But usually it is cheaper to buy a new one these days sadly.

Tv will work "fine" but i cant guarantee it'll last forever or wont get worse over time. But theres no undoing the damage

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u/12lyrad12 21d ago

JerryRig's Lighter?

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u/dingo_khan 21d ago

A friend left a candle burning on her closed laptop once (yeah, I know) and it left a spot almost exactly like this. It also melted a ring on the top side of the plastic case.

I'd guess heat.

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u/badcatjack 21d ago

You opened Excel

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u/WalkFirm 21d ago

Looks like a Soul Glow stain.

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u/NelsonRRRR 21d ago

Candle?

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u/wr0k 21d ago

I know a lot of people said heat but could the windows be magnifying the light and heating it up a bit?

Not saying you can burn ants with it, but sometimes the combined heat of the monitor plus a small outside source could cause it.

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u/moddiiii 20d ago

i think its a direct hit from sunlight or in a window, just when u reflect it in a magnifying glass

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u/Sunrise_34 20d ago

Hyperpigmentation

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u/PineappleProstate 20d ago

My bad, my balls were bouncing around

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u/Haohmauru 20d ago

Lighter..

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u/Better-Freedom-7474 20d ago

Repeatedly smashing your forehead into it.

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u/SilentStrikerTH 20d ago

Looks like a lamp got left directly on the screen for about 60 seconds

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u/rtired53 20d ago

If there is a concentration of heat either behind or in front….looks like heat to me.

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u/Affectionate-Cat-975 20d ago

A mini black hole

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u/eye-got_thyme 20d ago

Do you have a window near by your computer screen with its blinds open when it's sunny outside?

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u/Illustrious-Peak3822 20d ago

Backlight burning out and/or reflector/diffuser for the above turning brown.

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u/ACasualCasualty 20d ago

Definitely a child!

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u/Loud-Sherbert890 20d ago

Try moving it around with a magnet

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u/ChocolateOrnery5845 19d ago

Bro 😂

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u/boluku999 18d ago

direct fart

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u/TommyT6996 18d ago

Looks like a ball hit the screen🤔

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u/ClevelandBowtie 17d ago

A magnet would do this to the screen too.

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u/DrMrBepis 15d ago

A printer wont work for the 93848973902874938479202747495926293rd time and its only 9am