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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2010, 06:45:20 pm »
I wonder if there's a place that ship that worldwide... over here I do not think I ever saw that before...
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2010, 06:46:43 pm »
Hm, would really tiny flathead screwdrivers work?
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2010, 06:48:16 pm »
Well, the one I liked to certainly does.
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2010, 07:01:11 pm »
I don't want to spend $800 on shipping fees either, though.
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2010, 07:16:24 pm »
Back in 1988... I spilled some Coca-Cola on one of my 5.25" Ultima V floppy disks...



The cola seeped inside of the floppy enclosure and got all over the disk itself. I carefully took a razor blade and cut a slit into the side of the floppy and pulled the disk out. Then I cleaned it off with a damp washcloth and placed it into a different floppy enclosure.

I was crapping my pants because Ultima V cost me $60 in 1988. :-X

In the end... I was able to save the disk. ;D
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2010, 07:17:21 pm »
Lol ... ah, reminds me of that "1996" xkcd comic ;D
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2010, 07:20:07 pm »
WOW, I didn't realize those could be saved from such incidents o.o.

I am pretty sure with a VHS tape, it might be over after spilling lots of stuff near the part where there are holes leading to the tape.

And darn those disks were kinda large back in the days. I only ever got to see 3.25'' ones. Aah... the good ol' days where we had to use like 10 floppies to install a 10 MB game ;D
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2010, 08:26:08 pm »
Deep Thought. A small flat head screwdriver is what I always use to open mine. But you probably don't have one that is the exact size you need. So what I did was to get a screwdriver that just barely doesn't fit and file down one side of it. Now, I have one screwdriver that takes out all 13 screws.
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2010, 08:37:34 pm »
Mmh, smart. Yeah, the small one's too small and the large one's too large, and they're practically useless anyway. Well, thanks for the tip :)
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2010, 10:07:38 pm »
I hope you can get it removed.  I know what it's like to have a marked screen (there was this flying chair...) and it's a little bothersome.  Good luck. ;D
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #25 on: September 24, 2010, 10:24:04 pm »
Quote from: ztrumpet on September 24, 2010, 10:07:38 pm
(there was this flying chair...)
I remember that one. I forgot how that actually happened x.x
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #26 on: September 24, 2010, 11:14:33 pm »
Well, I was able to fade it a little using the penny and the rubbing alcohol, but alas it is still there. Oh well, it's not very large at all, but just has a tendency to drag my eyes away from the action occurring on the screen, which can be a bit bothersome.
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #27 on: September 24, 2010, 11:33:29 pm »
Sorry to hear :(. I wonder if it will eventually go away with the time?
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #28 on: September 24, 2010, 11:41:47 pm »
It doesn't look like this thing is going anywhere as of now. I'll try looking into some other solutions. Again, though, it doesn't affect the usability of it at all.
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Re: Ballpoint pen mark on ti-84 screen
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2010, 10:14:28 pm »
Still sucks to have a mark on the screen, though. Oh well, hope you can get it off eventually.

Oh, and thank you so much for the tip, thepenguin77! Just finished my first-ever case mod... :)
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