replacing the screen of a laptop

Heh · 10-14-2005, 02:26 PM

Hi, earlier today I punched my laptop in a fit of anger and now the screen is shattered and completely fucked up -- the only part of the monitor that shows anything other than random lines now is maybe 1 square inch in the top left corner.

Is it possible/economical to have the screen replaced or should I just throw the piece of shit away?

Screamfeeder · 10-14-2005, 02:30 PM

depends on how nice of a laptop it is....

If you paid under fifteen hundred for it, trash it.

Screens are the most expensive part of a notebook and are next to impossible to fix and cost about 60% of the full cost to replace.

Jabberwhacky · 10-14-2005, 05:48 PM

Did someone steal your cloudsong or what?

Ronne · 10-14-2005, 07:06 PM

He was just so emo he couldn't contain it. Probably a headshot in CS.

Bralkan · 10-14-2005, 07:11 PM

Try and find a huge computer show to goto. Then try and find the identical model to yours. Either replace your laptops monitor with the new one or change the harddrive from your fucked-screen laptop and put it in the new one.

Luthair · 10-14-2005, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Screamfeeder

depends on how nice of a laptop it is....

If you paid under fifteen hundred for it, trash it.

Screens are the most expensive part of a notebook and are next to impossible to fix and cost about 60% of the full cost to replace.

No point in trashing it, he could just use it as a desktop

(Or a frontend for a MythTV etc.)

10-14-2005, 02:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Heh Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 414 +0 Internets	replacing the screen of a laptop Hi, earlier today I punched my laptop in a fit of anger and now the screen is shattered and completely fucked up -- the only part of the monitor that shows anything other than random lines now is maybe 1 square inch in the top left corner. Is it possible/economical to have the screen replaced or should I just throw the piece of shit away?

10-14-2005, 07:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bralkan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 2,130 -1 Internets	Try and find a huge computer show to goto. Then try and find the identical model to yours. Either replace your laptops monitor with the new one or change the harddrive from your fucked-screen laptop and put it in the new one. __________________ -insert cute, witty remark- err..... fuck

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10-14-2005, 02:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Screamfeeder I MAEK ART!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,793 +77 Internets	depends on how nice of a laptop it is.... If you paid under fifteen hundred for it, trash it. Screens are the most expensive part of a notebook and are next to impossible to fix and cost about 60% of the full cost to replace.

10-14-2005, 05:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jabberwhacky Walker told me I have AIDS Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In da FACE!! (two times) Posts: 2,853	Did someone steal your cloudsong or what?

10-14-2005, 07:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ronne King for a night Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Harvard IL Posts: 4,204 +0 Internets	He was just so emo he couldn't contain it. Probably a headshot in CS.