This is a weird one... Ant in monitor, don't know how to remove it
Posted by ptowner7711@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 9 comments
So I noticed a tiny black ant crawling around on screen yesterday. Tried to brush it off and realized this little bastard was INSIDE my monitor. I was hoping it'd find its way out of fall down to bottom of screen.
Came home from work and this is what I see: https://imgur.com/a/1rBgJ
This evil insect decided to die in middle of my monitor. It's a 1440p IPS display from Asus, and it wasn't cheap. Now I have this ant staring at me, I assume forever. Should I attempt to take it apart? It doesn't seem like an easy task, as it's probably more or less glued together.
Shit.
EDIT: Holy hell, this blew up! This is the side of Reddit I love. Thanks all for the advice. My monitor ant and I will figure this out one way or another.
deleted_by_reddit@reddit
This worked for me, but there’s a possibility it may damage your monitor.
Get a suction cup and stick it to the screen. Be careful not to squash the bug. Pull the suction cup away from the screen to create some space between the panel and the plastic. The bug may fall on its own, but you can do some gentle tapping on the side of the screen to encourage it to move. Keep going until it’s off the edge of the screen.
Hope this helps.
afterhelium@reddit
Just pray you don't accidentally squish it and smear it's dead body across the screen.
UncleGeebz@reddit
Maybe press the suction on a different area of the screen and slide it over to prevent this?
Available-Let1860@reddit
nahh i squishd the ant what do i do bro?
UncleGeebz@reddit
Holy crap, this gets the award for latest reply on my account lol 8 years bro
Teledogkun@reddit
I'm sorry I have no idea how to fix but man... Can we upvote this to the frontpage?
ptowner7711@reddit (OP)
Ha, thanks for the effort. It's an unusual issue, but not unheard of when I do a Google search. If ASUS is unwilling to do anything about it, I may just leave it be if taking this thing apart is too risky. Maybe the little fucker will dry out and fall to bottom. Who knows....
nits07@reddit
Hey I have a dead ant in the middle of my screen for over a year now which squashed trying to show it the path outside. Today I have another ant running inside bug-ging me. I found your post unsure of what to do!
ptowner7711@reddit (OP)
That post that never dies! Lol. That monitor is long gone, but I did end up having it repaired. A local tech opened it up and blew the ant out. I believe he even posted about it somewhere, possibly in this ancient thread.