Author Topic: What causes OBC LCD "bleeding" ? (Read 9967 times)

Cobra Jet · « **on:** May 28, 2008, 11:29:31 PM »

Ok, the original 6 button OBC in my 318ic was replaced by bmwpower because the LCD screen had the common "bleeding" where the screen is overcome by an LCD BLOB and the characters are no longer legible.

Now, over the last 2 days, the "new" used 6 button OBC is now doing the same thing as the original, it's starting to "bleed" again where the LCD BLOB is taking over the screen... This 2nd OBC has been in the vehicle and functioning flawlessly for nearly 2 months and now all of the sudden it's crapping out...

What the heck causes this?

I have not touched the screen, have not pressed on it, have not done anything. The only difference over the last 2 days is the outside air temps have jumped up in the upper to mid 80's and low 90's... Does such an occurance have anything to do w/ outside air temps or is this purely coincidental?

I will eventually convert it over to the (13) button OBC - but for now, I guess I just have to look at another broken OBC screen...

Asbradley21 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2008, 12:34:44 AM »

Ew. I'm glad mine doesn't do that. Mine just has seizures, but those can be well solved with a nice smack.

xwill112x · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2008, 09:11:27 PM »

most e30's that i have ever seen have the broken "bleeding" screen.

its weird...idk

Royalratch · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2008, 07:10:52 AM »

Really annoying!

I installed a near new OBC panel and is started doing this too!

Too an old one apart to see if I could replace just the LCD strip - I think you can but it's pretty fiddly/fragile.

Matt-B · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2008, 10:55:10 PM »

Heat is what causes it. Its a factory defect. happens to 13buttons as well. heat overcomes the screen and break ink "paks" and leak it onto LCD screen

quinn11m20 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2008, 09:55:51 AM »

Well that comforting to know that mine too is not the only one. Chicks really dig it. Ha Ha . . . My car is really nothing to look at anyways. I need to post some picks, you guys would laugh.

Jimmy Lewis · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2008, 10:23:49 AM »

Quote from: quinn11m20;56373

Well that comforting to know that mine too is not the only one. Chicks really dig it. Ha Ha . . . My car is really nothing to look at anyways. I need to post some picks, you guys would laugh.

What you don't realize is that probably 75% of the e30's on this board and on others are pieces of crap. Mine for example is a total piece of crap. I think it's the commrodory of crap that brings us all together.

Matt-B · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2008, 04:36:14 PM »

i had an 84 318i i spray painte