This is more serious than anyone reading down this far probably wants to hear, but I actually had to replace my 12" PowerBook G4 LCD because an ant crawled inside of it.
While I was using the machine, I saw an ant crawling up the screen, and I tried to brush it off. I was startled when that didn't work, but yes, the ant was inside the LCD (above the image but under the plastic top layer). It made it within an inch of the top of the screen and then, for whatever reason, died. In a lifetime of using computers, it's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me.
I spent days trying everything I could think of to get it out of there without success. I dismantled the machine, removed the LCD, and tried again to remove it, but no luck. I ended up buying a replacement display on eBay.
I think I still have the panel somewhere, and the last time I looked it was still lodged in there, despite it having been over a year.
Even though it happened to me, I wouldn't call it anything but a rare oddity. The house I was living in at the time had a pretty major ant problem too.
While I was using the machine, I saw an ant crawling up the screen, and I tried to brush it off. I was startled when that didn't work, but yes, the ant was inside the LCD (above the image but under the plastic top layer). It made it within an inch of the top of the screen and then, for whatever reason, died. In a lifetime of using computers, it's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me.
I spent days trying everything I could think of to get it out of there without success. I dismantled the machine, removed the LCD, and tried again to remove it, but no luck. I ended up buying a replacement display on eBay.
I think I still have the panel somewhere, and the last time I looked it was still lodged in there, despite it having been over a year.
Even though it happened to me, I wouldn't call it anything but a rare oddity. The house I was living in at the time had a pretty major ant problem too.