How to Change a Notebook Display
If your notebook computer is repeatedly dropped or experiences a power surge, the LCD screen display may stop working properly. A notebook without a working display is useless, but you don't need to panic and immediately purchase a new computer. A much less costly solution is to change out the broken display with a new one. Replacing your notebook's display is challenging, but even a novice computer user should be able to complete the process.
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Things You'll Need
- Flat-head screwdriver
- Phillips-head screwdriver
- Replacement LCD screen display
Instructions
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Shut down your notebook computer. Unplug any cables that are connected to the notebook and close the display screen's lid.
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Turn your notebook upside-down. Push the battery's slide latch towards the unlock setting and lift the battery out of the notebook.
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Flip the notebook back over and open the display screen's lid. Locate the plastic or rubber screw covers along the sides of the LCD screen's cover.
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Pull the screw covers off the notebook. If you have trouble removing the covers, you can slide the edge of a flat-head screwdriver underneath the cover and lift upwards to pop it off the notebook.
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Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to remove each of the screws located underneath the screw covers. Pull the cover off the LCD screen display and set it aside.
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Remove each of the screws located on the left and right sides of the LCD screen display. Pull the display forward and set it down on the notebook's keyboard.
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Unplug the video cable from the back end of the LCD screen display. Set aside the display. Connect the video cable to the port on the back end of the new LCD screen display.
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Place the display onto the notebook and reattach the screws. Push the cover back over the display, reattach the screws, and place the screw covers back into place. Put the battery back into the notebook.
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Tips & Warnings
If the LCD display on your notebook has stopped working, you will probably need to also replace the inverter board. The board is located directly below the display. To replace the board, remove its screw and then disconnect the two cables. Pull of the board and set the new one in its place. Reconnect the screw and the two cables.
Both replacement LCD screen displays and inverter boards can be acquired through websites that sell laptop parts.
Any static electricity that has built up in your body can damage the notebook's new LCD display. Before disassembling the notebook, ground yourself by grabbing onto a metal object that is directly touching the ground.
