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Hello everyone,
I'm home alone all this week (8 yr old son sick with flu or similar. GP says just let him rest with no medication?).
So I want to take the opportunity to do something at home. He has fallen over, while holding laptop, and damaged the screen which has now gone all black.
Is there anywhere I can source the screen and change it myself instead of taking it to a repair shop?
Wife wants to claim it under Home Insurance, but I don't want to go down that route.

It's an HP Compaq nx 9030. I think they come in TWO screen sizes, so will have to find a way of determining what screen size it is

Thanks for any help.

To measure the screen go from top left hand corner to bottom right hand corner
Or top right to bottom left either way will give you the screen size
I have no idea how to change it,


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Thnx canny.

I think I'll be able to work out how to fix it.
Just need to source the screen but not sure where

Changing a screen is fairly easy if you are familiar with modern equipment assembly techniques. There are often hidden clips and catches that require prising apart and for most people a change of screen means soome form of visible damage to the surrounding plastic parts (not serious or too noticable) unless you've experience.

There will likely be a Youtube video of it somewhere!

Biggest difficulty is sourcing the screen but they are usually available via ebay from someone breaking another dud machine or even as a genuine replacement part.

Is it one of these: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/ ... 30-pg575et

As in, really old?

Would be crazy to claim on insurance for that........if it's not, got a link to it - or details from the unit

£40-50 on ebay most likely, screens are an easy replacement in laptops.
With disassembling laptops, remember, don't force anything, you've probably missed a screw or something, be meticulous.

Not worth replacing though IMO, those laptops are ancient. You could probably just buy the laptop over again for little more than a screen would cost truth be told.

If it has a port for an external screen, convert it to a 'desktop' and save yourself some trouble.

BillyGoat wrote:Is it one of these: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/ ... 30-pg575et

As in, really old?

Would be crazy to claim on insurance for that........if it's not, got a link to it - or details from the unit

that's the one billy.

as kelly says, the process of removing and replacing screen is on utube and I have played it a couple of times. Just need to get my hands on that replacement screen. I doubt there is any need to go the insurance route.

weight up the price of a replacement screen vs a new laptop

if the replacement screen comes in at £45 quid, that's 1/7th the way to a new lappy,
in the past decade, we've gone from single cores to quad and more cores so upgrade would be my way

buy a cheap VGA cable to plug it into the TV (if it's a lcd / led / plasma) if you need to get stuff off it.
or see if anyone's chucking a monitor away.
we upgraded to 22"s at work and had a load of 17"s and 19"s that were redundant, one's my second screen at home now, but would serve as main screen for your lappy if needed

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Faulty-HP-Com ... 53f4e7dc4e

25 quid.

Wouldn't spend a penny more than that!

BG

thanks BG.

Just have to set up an ebay acc now and buy that one