Re: Dusty screen

Here's my experience with a dusty i3 display. It doesn't fix your problem but
tells you what you're dealing with.

The dust is most likely coming in from around all the pannel buttons that
surround the display. Control buttons are not
sealed off from the innerds. Each time you use the buttons they dump whatever
dust has acumulated around them into the
interior. On some i3's there is a foam rubber seal between the display and
the case. Others don't have the seal. On my i3, the
good old California ozone eroded the seal and I ended up with dust on my
screen.

The backlight on my display had recently become so dim that I had the
backlight rebuilt by Telesisgear. Being a little handy, I did
the disembowelment and replacement myself. The bad news is that you have to
remove almost everything else from the case
before you get down to the display to either clean or replace it. While I was
at it I used a small computer vac to clean house. It was surprising how much
dust had acumulated inside. I supose a good practice would be to keep the
keyboard covered and/or
occasionally vacume the control buttons.

Ronwiz