Broken LCD Screen On Laptop

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I just slipped on some wet grass on a hill and fell on my back with mylabtop in my backpack. anyway I hooked it up to an external monitor and the hard drive is fine; however the lcd monitor looks like shattered glass when I turn the thing on, although it doesn’t look like the actual screen is cracked from the outside.

Is this something I could fix myself by taking it apart? I hear it costs 500 or more to have this fixed professionally, and I’m pretty sure Staples doesn’t cover accidental damage. There has to be a cheaper alternative…

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[quote]ohagajosh wrote:
I just slipped on some wet grass on a hill and fell on my back with mylabtop in my backpack. anyway I hooked it up to an external monitor and the hard drive is fine; however the lcd monitor looks like shattered glass when I turn the thing on, although it doesn’t look like the actual screen is cracked from the outside.

Is this something I could fix myself by taking it apart? I hear it costs 500 or more to have this fixed professionally, and I’m pretty sure Staples doesn’t cover accidental damage. There has to be a cheaper alternative…[/quote]

I’ve heard and seen a lot of cases of the “broken glass” laptop screen. You can buy an replacement screen off of ebay for much cheaper than a professional repair, but depending on how much you paid for the laptop in the first place, it might not be worth it.

You can replace the screen yourself pretty easily- my dad knows nothing about computers and just followed an online guide, and it worked out for him. Good luck buddy!

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Samr thing happened to my Dell 9300. I got a replacement screen off of EBay and just installed it myself. It cost me about 350 bucks, but it’s cheaper than a new $2000 computer.

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That sucks - best of luck! I’m convinced that a laptop extended warranty is about the only extended warranty that’s worth it.

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Good ideas on the fix. Just make sure what ever it costs you is less then what you could get a comparable laptop new. PCs depreciate pretty fast.

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[quote]HoratioSandoval wrote:
That sucks - best of luck! I’m convinced that a laptop extended warranty is about the only extended warranty that’s worth it.[/quote]

You know, I JUST read a Consumer’s Report that said that laptops have the highest repair rate for 3-4 year old electronic products. I wasn’t that surprised until I saw that they have a 43% repair rate. That’s ridiculous!

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