Cinema Display care and cleaning

I believe plastic doesn snap off, but with such an expensive monitor, i'd take it to a professional.

I would not even consider doing it myself...who cares about being embarrased...you are the one who is paying them... i am sure they have heard worse. Also doing that yourself will void the warranty

You need a new screen saver/background image

Your cat must really hate you

mine used to just jump onto my CRT and lay there.

never peed on it tough

LOL ... i can't even conceive how your cat went about doing this

If your cat peed all over your monitor, it should just drip off, otherwise your cat may have diabetes.



(isn't my quote, seen it as someone's signature somewhere on these rumors. Hey, it applies)

You can remove the plastic enclosure, to get at the LCD panel itself, however you risk damage to the panel.

If you are asking for technical assistance, then that's a good warning sign that you should take this to someone with experience in repair. Trust me, they've cleaned worse.

-Wyrm

I agree with others, you are very wise to take your beautiful 23" Cinema Display into a professional. Good luck, I hope that the problem can be fixed effectively.

If a cat is like a dog, then yes the Marine Acquarium may have been a reason. It is very realistic looking and cats like fish. The cat spraying your display may have been out of frustration or to stake out its's territory.

cleaning cat pee from inside a 20" cinema display

Well, I too have just had this unpleasant experience. I thought I was the only one cursed with this misfortune until I "googled" this forum.

I would have lived with the cat pee inside the bezel, but the on-off proximity button started to automatically shut down my mac after about 1 1/2 weeks inside. Fermenting. Etching the metal. Turning black.

I could not even start up to use the proxity-switch disabling trick (hold down command-shift when you choose displays inside system preferences. A secret new tab will appear, allowing you to disable both monitor proximity switches)

I needed the monitor for immediate work use, and could not afford to wait for a repair, so I dove right in, using a 3/16" hex wrench (actually, a "Mac Cracker" from the Mac Plus years I still had laying around in the tool box!), a medium-sized slotted screwdriver, and a T8 torx. All of this is available at Radio Shack, or a good hardware store.

I used the T8 on the 3 small hex screws holding the stand in place. I don't know the actual size of the hex screws, but the T8 torx fit perfectly. Remove the stand from the cable. No problem.

Congratulations, you just broke your warranty!

Use the 3/16" hex on all of the outer screws. The back will easily lift off, revealing the insides. Remove the back from the cable. Use the slotted screwdriver to GENTLY pry the front bezel off of the inside. There are 12 tabs to pop.

Once the front bezel is off, start cleaning! I used windex and a soft paper towel. Yuck. You'll have the front bezel, a bezel liner, and the "guts" of the monitor to clean. Also, I used 2x2" pieces of paper to fit into the very tight space between the screen and outer metal frame to remove as much pee from inside as possible.

Once the bezel and "guts" are clean, you may want to check the proxity switch. Mine was flooded with crystalized gunk, which was shorting out the switch. There are two phillips head screws to remove, one on the switch itself, one on the cable in the back to give the switch some play. Clean. Also, you can pry off the white button - it's held on by some low-tack adhesive - and clean the inside of it, too.

Replace everything in the order you removed it. Note there are two tabs in the bottom of the bront bezel that fit into the bottom of the back bezel. Tighten all of the screws around the outside back bezel GENTLY and sequentially, gradually tightening all the way. Take care the front and back bezels pop back together.

So, repair complete, no waiting for Apple or a repair shop, and a like-new, de-smellified monitor!

Good luck!

kemper durand ;-)