This is strange one. When we had a bit of a heat wave a couple of weeks back, I was working away on my PC with 19" tft using a music programm called Fruity Loops when I noticed two small black lines about 2mil long following each other at the top of my display. At first I though it was the program but then the 2 lines went off in different directions. I then though it was something alive on my screen so I touched the screen only to find that it was behind the plastic tft cover. I close the program and opened word pad for a white screen and they were still there. I soon realised that they were actually corn flies that had some how gotten inside my monitor. Two/three weeks down the line, one of them has gone but the other has died right in the middle of my screen makeing my nice 19"tft look like it has half a dozen pixels missing. If have tried tapping the screen lightly to dislodge it but to no avail. I though of blowing compressed air down the vents in the top but I don't want to do any damage. My only other option from what I can see is to take the thing to bits. My question is... Are tft's easy to dissmantle. Is there anything I should know about before I do this. Many thanks in advance. GaryM Chaintech 9PJL Appogee 800FSB P4 2.8 HT Sparkle Platinum 6800GT 256MB 2*512 Corsair PC3200 2*256 KINGSTONE PC3200 dual 40 gig IDE 120 Gig sata COOLERMASTER " CAVALIER " Case

Never open any kind of monitor yourself!!!The voltage inside these babies KILLS and stays alive even when powered off for a couple of weeks..let the experts handle this!!

No idea what rioferdi is on about! A TFT uses 20 volts at the most, I have a 23" TFT screen TV and it is powered from a 20 volt Laptop adapter so there is no hazard there. I think you may have to just disconnect it from the machine & any power and take the back off and have a look, if it has been mass produced it is possible that there is no way of getting the TFT screen out from behind the outer screen but if something CAN get in there it suggests it is possible. Best Of Luck, let's know how you get on. Regards, Bob Mitchell.

compressed air shouldn't bother the monitor.

I've taken apart my TFT monitor befor and am still alive,I think?? Tt Lanfire MSI K8N Diamond AMD64 3000+'Winnie' 1gb pc4400 OCZ Powerstream 520w 6600GT WDCaviar 160gb sata WDCaviar 160gb sata ;~}

Thanks rioferdi for your caution but its true that it's only anything with a cath ray tube that you need to be carfull about as they require massive amounts of voltage which they store in capacitors to get a steady feed. It's the capacitors that hold onto the voltage even days after the CRT/TV has been disconected from the mains. Thanks to everyone else for the info. Looks like I'm going in with a screwdriver. Just out of interest I know this fly is on the plastic cover because when my cursor is over it I can still see the little blyter. If that makes any sense. GaryM Chaintech 9PJL Appogee 800FSB P4 2.8 HT Sparkle Platinum 6800GT 256MB 2*512 Corsair PC3200 2*256 KINGSTONE PC3200 dual 40 gig IDE 120 Gig sata COOLERMASTER " CAVALIER " Case

Remember the old Burl Ives song:- I know an old lady who swallowed a fly I don't why she swallowed a fly perhaps she'll die. etc. etc. Suggest next step is to send in a spider! Good Luck - Keep us posted.