A few weeks ago, I got a (new to me) laptop off ebay. I love my laptop. It isn’t as fast as the newest ones, but with the DVD burner and memory I also picked up on ebay, it has some nice toys. Sitting where I am right now, just a few days after the computer arrived, I saw a bug on my screen. I tried to shoe it away. That didn’t work. It was then I realized it wasn’t on my screen — it was IN my screen.
Then there was a moment, right then, that I’ll probably always remember. Inside my brain, there was a slow, contemplative person considering the problem, and there was a primeval part demanding action. It was sort of like the State Department and The Pentagon — the Pentagon in my brain was eager to fire a missile at the intruding bug, while the State Department was considering the ramifications of creating a martyr. The Pentagon won, and I squished the bug inside my screen. The bug might have been dead, but he won. He was dead, unable to crawl away. Here’s a — uhhh — screenshot of the bug:
Now, that might seem small. But in person, it’s a visible bug. You can see his little feet, and people who have seen the computer actually try to shoe him off the screen. This is the visual display equivalent of having a hair on your tongue. Now, who better than Kord (my boss) to open up the computer and — uhh — debug it:
This is the part where I drink a latte while watching Kord work. It’s kind of a role reversal. 
In the above photo, I think I said "holy crap".
See the sticker slash ground wire? Sweet.
See the bug in the center-left part of the screen?
Sweet!!
bug for lcd tft
Thank you for this article. Today I have turn on the computer and i am now seen a bug walking around my screen, terrible. If he die inside, I will have the same proble, than you, I already have the problem…
Preparing for debugging!
Shizzle I have 10 bugs walking around my screen..
Ive got a dell 2005fpw widescreen. AND IT LETS BUGS IN!!!!!!
I have the same screen 2405 dell about 5 a 6 of them died…
Calling Dell tomorrow, lets hope the can do something.
Im always getting little bugs (im told they are ‘thunderbugs’) in my BenQ FP767 v1 screen. Had to dismantle a while back and get the dead one out. They always die in the middle of the screen too
Hi there, that’s a nice disassembly guide, bookmarked!
I’ve created over 50 guides for taking apart Toshiba notebooks, you can take a look at them here: http://www.irisvista.com/tech/
Just in case if you buy a used Toshiba on ebay.
Awesome, laptop freak.
hahaha, this literally just happened to me and i did the same thing! oh man…
Here are two more guides on this topic.
Taking apart laptop screen with water damage. Instructions for a Dell laptop but should be the same for any other notebook screen. This is a guide for people with experience. If you have no experience fixing laptops, do not open the screen.
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/02/03/repair-notebook-lcd-screen/
Replacing screen inverter on an IBM ThinkPad notebook. You can use this guide to get inside the laptop and fix the backlight problem.
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/01/31/replace-screen-inverter-fix-backlight/
Thanks for sharing this, I found this post very, very useful.
I’m going crossed eyed watching new new little friend crawling around – my g/f is so freaked out! how the hell did it get in there?
Those crazy bugs will “pop up” everywhere
Well done, Koda! Ken, you’ve got a great boss.
Great Post, This is a hard repair to do correctly you have make sure all the LCD filters go back in the correct order or it will not display corrct. Thanks for the Post Mike