Bondwell 386sl/f

[Franchute13]

Hello.

I show a couple of images of this machine.
Brand: Bondwell
model: 386sl / f
It is a machine that feels very robust to the touch.
The screen was working but from one year to the next it got like this, I don't know what happened to it, but it wasn't hit.

This is common to happen on screens? is there a way to prevent?

 

[Juror22]

Could you give a little history as to how this one was stored? Flat or on its side? Alone, or at the bottom of a stack? In an attic, basement, closet, garage, or indoors at an even temperature? It might help to collect data on how they were stored to see if that was a contributing factor, (or not).

 

[vwestlife]

Could be bad capacitors in the backlight circuitry. Do you hear a whine from the display when you turn it on?

 

[GiGaBiTe]

Looks like you have a case of LCD cataracts, which means the screen is dead. The seal failed on the edge of the LCD panel and let air in, which oxidized the liquid crystal inside the panel. It has the telltale rainbow effect around the edge of the panel.

You say the screen wasn't hit, but it has long cracks all through the front of the screen, including one huge crack running from the middle to the upper right corner of the screen. If you didn't hit it with something, something very heavy was placed on top of the screen and crushed it.

 

[inspiron77]

His laptop obviously has a destroyed LCD, but this model has a hidden VGA output on the back under the flap, so it can turn out to be active when the monitor is connected.

 

[noppa]

Could be just the polarizer.
However not so easy to replace.