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Question about fixing laptop screen
Hello all. Someone recently gave me an old NEC Versa 4050C laptop. The LCD
screen is cracked, making only a small portion of the top of the screen visible. I am currently using the computer at home with an external monitor for ham radio related stuff (it's not my main computer). I was wondering if it was worth trying to find a parts computer to replace the LCD screen and how difficult it is to actually replace it if I found a working screen. Any comments? Email replies are welcome. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS) Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com |
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Not really worth your time or money. The LCD will more than likely end up
costing as much as a new low-end laptop anyway. Replacing them is a tricky thing to do even if you have the replacement parts. -Chris |
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"VHFRadioBuff" wrote in message
... Hello all. Someone recently gave me an old NEC Versa 4050C laptop. The LCD screen is cracked, making only a small portion of the top of the screen visible. I am currently using the computer at home with an external monitor for ham radio related stuff (it's not my main computer). I was wondering if it was worth trying to find a parts computer to replace the LCD screen and how difficult it is to actually replace it if I found a working screen. Any comments? Email replies are welcome. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS) Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com Contact http://www.idparts.com/ on Monday and ask them. Doesn't cost a cent to find out cost and availability. They have a ton of stuff -- probably more than they know themselves. If you are the sort of ham who builds his own equipment and doesn't have oversized or shakey fingers the changeover shouldn't be that difficult (although, just figuring out how to get some machines open is a real challenge). -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] Return address will not work. Please reply in group or through my website: http://johnmcgaw.com |
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Thanks for the reply, John. I'll check into that.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS) Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com |
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I replaced the LCD on a Gateway. Got the laptop free since the screen was
broke, paid $80 off ebay for a new LCD, installed it myself. I think it was worth it. Getting the bezel off was annoying, but putting in in was easy. I had never done it before, was pretty much rip out the old one and connect everything that was hooked to the old one to the new one and slide it in. Smith "VHFRadioBuff" wrote in message ... Hello all. Someone recently gave me an old NEC Versa 4050C laptop. The LCD screen is cracked, making only a small portion of the top of the screen visible. I am currently using the computer at home with an external monitor for ham radio related stuff (it's not my main computer). I was wondering if it was worth trying to find a parts computer to replace the LCD screen and how difficult it is to actually replace it if I found a working screen. Any comments? Email replies are welcome. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS) Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com |
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