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| Go Beyond Member Since: 30 Jan 2012 Location: Headcorn, Kent Posts: 6678  
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Number 3 son has broken his laptop screen (hit it with the mains plug)
It's a Compaq. I've looked 'online' and there appear to be loads of companies that you send the laptop to and for circa £75 they replace the screen. Has anyone used one of these companies, if so which one and was all OK ? Cheers  |
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21st May 2013 9:55am |
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| mrandmrsh Member Since: 31 May 2010 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 692 
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I broke one on a Compaq and ordered the screen from http://www.laptopscreenonline.com/ and fit it myself. Doddle.
Cost about £50 I think HT Craig 2015 110 USW XS in Santorini with premium contrast leather seats in tan/black, black headlining and with Dual Finish alloys (in the garage, now on Wolf rims with Goodyear MT/Rs) 2012 '62' 2.2 X-Tech 110 USW now gone ... 1984 90 soft top with full roll cage, 200 tdi engine etc now sold 2012 USW XS 2.2 "FUU" now gone.... |
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21st May 2013 10:40am |
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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548 
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Alternatively, buy a 'spares or repair' laptop of the same make and spec with a working screen from Fleabay and swap the screens over. I've done this a couple of times for friends with broken screens and then re-sold the donor laptop on Fleabay again.
Much cheaper than buying a new screen and relatively easy to fit. There are some good 'how to' resources on the web to help with dismantling and refitting. 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful 2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching 2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant 2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through 1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable 1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy 1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome |
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21st May 2013 5:29pm |
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| CarlW Member Since: 21 Sep 2010 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 53  
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Similar to mramdmrsh, I ordered a replacement 15.6in screen via eBay from Rolta Limited cost £41.99 plus £7.5 for next day delivery and took about 20mins to fit. I'd taken old screen out before ordering as there were two connection arrangements for my model PC and I needed to be sure I was ordering correct version
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21st May 2013 5:35pm |
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| Go Beyond Member Since: 30 Jan 2012 Location: Headcorn, Kent Posts: 6678
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Thanks for all your advice guys
It didn't occur to me that I could do this myself 
I've just ordered a screen from Ebay for £37 delivered. I'll let you know how I get on  |
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22nd May 2013 3:10pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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or plug it into the tv or external monitor while you are waiting for the replacement, usually something like FN + F6 or f8 switches the output to the vga/hdmi socket
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22nd May 2013 3:13pm |
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