defectivekit.com — Alright. You just ran over your laptop and you are ready to replace that cracked LSD?d LCD display. This is a general guide on how to replace an LCD on a laptop. Replacing an LCD is second to the most costly repair next to replacing the motherboard. This will help you in repairing an LCD that has been damaged or destroyed.
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charliefFeb 21, 2007Submitter
@thcobbsThat's true. However, if you do receive a replacement LCD, it's usually the cable that is not inter-operable. If you try to switch cables, it will not work, but the cable that comes with the replacement 9 out of 10 times will work (if you get a cable with the replacement). :)
dpollittFeb 21, 2007
"1) Do your research. Find out what type of LCD you have in your laptop.Make sure you find the correct display type for what you have.""I have ordered wrong LCD ...before. ...looked like poop."Yea your right, they don't warn you at all. They are forgetting that.
gronkersFeb 21, 2007
More interested in replacing the backlight on the various lcds that I have. I have one laptop and two of the same model lcd monitors with dead backlights.Also got a nice princeton that works yet makes a faint high pitched noise - even when off - have to pull the plug on it toget it to stop.
electrooverlordFeb 21, 2007
As someone who has been replacing LCD's and taking laptops apart for the last 12 years....This scares me that this has been put into the public domain as how to replace a LCD on a laptop....No it should only be a how to on that one model. Many Laptops treat Wi-Fi cables differently, webcams differently, Wimax, Moisture sealing, hinges, microphones, inverters, brackets, frames, screw sizes, screw covers, and other things differently. Some models (god I hate these models) require you to actually take the palm rest off of the bottom of the unit before you can remove the hinges to get access to the bottom LCD screws. Some hinges have caps at the end that break when 90% of even experiences techs take them apart....Would you accept a How-to on removing a 1999 VW Jetta VR6 themostat as a how to on all car models?
zdigglerFeb 21, 2007
I did that to my Asus like 3 times already. stupid little plastic toy got stuck between when I close the lid and cracked :(Open up the LCD and see if I could find some partnumber because I know there are ONLY A few companies out there make the actual LCD's.So I start looking for LCD's ebay, craiglist, and part warehouses with partnumber i see on there. Mine didn't have any Brand or good partnumbers on it. Took me a lot of time to find it. After I got tired of it, I started looking for popular Laptops replacemnt displays and hopeing to see some pictures, sure enough the ones in DELL's are same as mine and I picked up a used one with no dead pixels for 75bucks.:)Now I just need to replace the CFL in there its going crazy time to time.
xajezFeb 22, 2007
@MrSpookyPantsNext time you find yourself replacing an LCD panel, or any laptop part for that matter, try using a heavy guitar pick to pop the bezel off. I use these all the time where I work and they make for an easier time on almost any sort of plastic case part.
unl1m1t3dFeb 22, 2007
If it is an HP laptop that is fairly new, I highly recommend going to their website and downloading the "Service and Maintenance Guide". That will give you exact directions on how to take the laptop apart, specific to that model.