Broken screen on laptop

Andy Hamilton · Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:06 am

I stupidly picked up my laptop by the screen yesterday and bust it. Can this be fixed? I think the LCD has been shattered or something as a small section of the screen works and there is a big white patch working down the screen where the display should be. I am hoping I can find the guarantee and am covered!

Shirley · Post: # 73135Post **Shirley** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:26 am

No idea... but you could use it temporarily if you've got a free standing pc monitor.

bogit & legit · Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:53 am

ochhh that sound like an insurence job to me,maybe claim on your household insurence.

cheers

Andy Hamilton · Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:22 pm

bogit & legit wrote:ochhh that sound like an insurence job to me,maybe claim on your household insurence.

cheers

What household insurance

Yep I think I can use it with a monitor for a bit.

pskipper · Post: # 73218Post **pskipper** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:30 am

E-bay often has replacement LCD screens from stripped down laptops!

mrsflibble · Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:54 pm

heres a currewnt one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LG-PHILIPS-LP150X ... dZViewItem

Super.Niki · Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:25 am

try keeping it on for a while (I know, not very eco-friendly...) it might just need to "come back to life"... if not definitely claim on the insurance!!

Unless you can fix it yourself if you get a replacement screen, the cost of fixing a laptop is astronomical because they break so easily once opened...

good luck!

wulf · Post: # 74307Post **wulf** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:39 am

If you do find that you can't fix the LCD and have to stick with an external monitor you lose the portability but at least you can console yourself with the fact that laptops tend to be much more energy efficient than most desktop systems. The exceptions (like my very cute little friend, the Mac Mini) tend to be built using laptop-type technology but without the built in I/O devices.

Wulf

Andy Hamilton · Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:16 pm

Well I opted for the most eco-freindly and got it fixed. They used a screen off a laptop that had totally broken so I am quite happy that my stupidity did not add to the lines of production. Still it cost me 175 quid so the happiness was rather short lived. Makes me thing that a years household insurance might be the way forward.

Note to self, never pick up laptop by screen.

eccentric_emma · Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:25 am

im going to show this thread to my dad as he insists on picking up his (and mine when i lend him it!) by the screen. maybe the cost of Â£175 (and probably more) will put him off!

Andy Hamilton · Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:56 am

eccentric_emma wrote:im going to show this thread to my dad as he insists on picking up his (and mine when i lend him it!) by the screen. maybe the cost of Â£175 (and probably more) will put him off!

Please do I was actually quoted a lot more than that from other places.