Cleaning notebooks LCD

There are notebook screen cleaners available that use combination wet and dry wipes to remove keyboard, fingertip marks, etc. from the screen. Do not use CRT screen cleaners or anything not specifically made for LCD Screens. Most manufacturers recommend using a lint free cloth dampened with plain water. It has been my experience that this does not work well at all.

A damp cloth is fine but if you do use a cleaner, do not use anything with acetone or ammonia.  That would include Windex.  I usually use rubbing alcohol and a water mix and that works fine.  Here is Dell's kb article on how to clean your LCD.

 

http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1011125

Hope that helps!

If you do use water, make it distilled water. In my area tap water leaves a film.

Insert usual disclaimers here - if you dork up your machine, don't come crying to me.

I use spit.

On a cotton t-shirt.

I either spit on the cotton, or dab the cotton on my tongue until I think it's damp enough.

I just rub gently, but thoroughly, to get any residual film off.

I've done this for years, through four or five laptops, and have had absolutely no problem.  I carry a cut-off sleeve from an old Gold's Gym t-shirt in my laptop bag, and spit is pretty portable and usually readily available.  Best of all, it's free, and you don't have to remember to buy it at any store.

For single-spot cleaning, I wipe my finger clean on my pants, lick my fingertip, and gently rub off the speck.  That works, too, residual-free.  If you do individual spots as they occur, you only have to do a major spit-shine every once in a great while.

Just be gentle.

HTH.

Glen
i8500
2.2GHz P4m
512Mb RAM
Radeon m9000

Eschew misoneism.

Message Edited by glenhead on 03-16-2004 10:45 AM