What u see there (weird colored stripes) is the actual LCD(part that creates the image) being cracked which is not repairable. Unless u can find a replacemt LCD module for that exact screen, you wont be able to get it working. If u take it all apart the other subcompononents can be useful for tinkering, like the backlight can be used for all sorts of things and there are funky optical filters in there but nothing that will be useful to you unless u like playing with electronics.

I would say to use it as a monitor it is probably not going to work as the actual part that makes the image is broken. However you could probably repurpose it as an artificial light such as the one from DIY Perks YouTube channel here: youtu.be/6bqBsHSwPgw

• cover the left side
• put on some slideshow, set of gauges, or camera feeds on the visible part

If you’re handy with Linux you can configure it to only use the working part of the monitor: superuser.com/…/linux-distro-how-to-use-only-part… duckduckgo.com/?q=linux+use+part+of+broken+monito…

I once repaired an all-in-one PC with a display I bought online. Wasn’t particularly hard but takes a while if you’re doing it for the first time. Try googling your monitor type and „display“ and see if there are replacements available.

Save it till winter. Walk around till children challenge you to a snowball fight. Throw it at them.

If you no longer care for using it as a monitor, you can turn it into a fancy lamp. With some minimal electronic knowledge and diy skill it can be made into a collimated lamp that simulates sunlight from a window.

You could use it as an extra monitor for emulating older 4x3 ratio games, just run the emulator on the right side of the screen, and maybe put some black paper over the cracked area to be a little less bothersome.

I dunno, just a random thought.

I’m not sure that’s the solution you’re looking for. But, you can set it to display only on the working side of the monitor.

So the OS would use it, as a ‘smaller’ screen.

How to… on Windows(note that you also have an external softwares like CRU (unfortunately, I can’t vouch that CRU is good, I never used it).

How to… on Linux.

GL.

I’m not sure that’s the solution you’re looking for; but, you can set it to display only on the working side of the monitor.

So the OS would use it, as a ‘smaller’ screen.

How to… on Windows [note that you also have an external softwares like CRU] (unfortunately, I can’t vouch that CRU is good, I’ve never used it).

How to… on Linux.

GL.

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What do you do with a broken monitor. What do you do with a broken monitor. What do you do with a broken monitor early in the mornin’.

You should most definitely make a MagicMirror with it and just orient the display so you don’t need to put content in the broken area.

Dang, great find, I keep my eye out but never see anything that cool in a dumpster.

Recycle