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Repairing of Laptop and Notebook LCD Displays

Repairing of Laptop and Notebook LCD Displays

Do you need repair instructions for your laptop's or notebook's LCD display? Here are links to do-it-yourself guides. If you have written a free guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

Alienware Area-51m (aka Sager/Clevo/ Midern 56x0)Hinge Crack Solution.
Acer TravelMate 513TLaptop Cabrio: How to use a laptop with a broken display as a desktop PC (in German).
Acorn A4Dismantling the laptop as far as the motherboard, removing the screen and replacing the LCD panel, pictures from the motherboard and keyboard details.
Apple iBookDescription of a dead display and broken hinge wire disaster.
Apple iBook Dual-USBSticky hinge and flickering screen repair. How to check the backlight control cable with an oscilloscope.
Apple iBook G4 14.1''LCD replacement guide.
Apple iBook G4How to fix an iBook G4 screen using an iBook G3 display.
Apple PowerBook 180Illustrated how to replace a laptop screen.
Apple PowerBook 180cUsing a laptop LCD with a VGA connector.
Apple PowerBook 5300CSHow to use the notebook with broken hinges and without display. Illustrated take apart and ethernet card installation guide.
Apple PowerBook G3 14.1'' [archived link]LCD replacement, you can do it yourself.
Apple PowerBook G3 WallstreetBroken hinges, detailed instructions on how to fix that wobbling screen.
Apple PowerBook G3 WallStreetHow to do a display hinge repair.
Apple Powerbook G3 Wallstreet  [archived link]Fix loose sound ports, display hinge and the power plug using a tongue depressor. Replacing the original hard disk with a bigger one.
Apple PowerBook G3 Wallstreet [1998]Hinge/Clutch Repair: this PowerBook series commonly suffers from worn out LCD hinges. The main symptom of this problem is an LCD screen that just won't seem to stay in the upright position. The most likely cause of this is a broken or worn out hinge, or clutch assembly inside the machine.
Apple PowerBook G4 TitaniumFixing a broken LCD backlight.
Apple PowerBook G4 TitaniumHow to replace broken display hinges and cables.
Apple PowerBook G4Replacing and fixing the display hinges.
Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium (TiBook)Broken display hinges repurposed as a compact desktop Mac. New G5 iMac to look something like this?
Apple PowerBook G4 Titianium (TiBook)Display take-apart, re-assembly and various other related infos.
AST Ascentia N.N.A Bright Outlook for Laptop Users With Dark, Dim Displays. Don't spend money on a new display when the solution may be as simple as a failed backlight.
COMPAQ Armada [archived link]Slideshow showing step-by-step pictures how to remove the display.
COMPAQ AeroScreen disassembly, the tale of a journey inside, hinge repair.
COMPAQ Presario 700ZDo-it-yourself display hinge repair.
COMPAQ Presario 1681Replacing an LCD CCFL backlight tube. Or, what to do when your LCD screen/laptop screen goes dark, black, red, orange, or any other annoying color.
COMPAQ Presario V2000A step-by-step LCD replacement manual with illustrations.
DELL Inspiron [archived link]Slideshow showing step-by-step pictures how to remove the display.
DELL Inspiron 4100A New Lease Of Life For Laptop, replacing the display hinges.
DELL Inspiron 7500How To Change the LCD Screen.
DELL Inspiron 8500Upgrading of the video card.
DELL Inspiron B130Replacing and Upgrading a Notebook LCD Screen.
DELL Inspiron B130, 15.4''Step-by-step LCD screen replacement manual with pictures.
DELL LatitudeIllustrated how to replace a notebook backlight and LCD.
HP Pavilion N5430 (aka OmniBook XE3Complete disassembly to solve power problems, includes also instructions how to take apart the display.
HP Pavilion ZT 1000This CCFL backlight replacement pictorial explains a typical laptop disassembly. This is most likely not the exact model you will be servicing, however it is indicative of what you will find in most models. They are all relatively the same and this tutorial will give you a basic idea on the scope of backlight replacement.
HP Pavilion ZT 1175If the LCD display will goes dark this is in most cases due to the failure of a part known as an inverter. This guide provides an illustrated step-by-step instruction to repair the inverter.
Hitachi 4140 VisionBookRepairing the display cable.
IBM ThinkPad (unknown model)Using cellophane to convert a liquid crystal display screen into a three dimensional display (3D laptop computer and 3D camera phone).
IBM ThinkPad 390LCD Replacement Instructions.
IBM ThinkPad 390A LCD replacement tutorial.
IBM ThinkPad 600ELCD CCFL Replacement.
IBM ThinkPad T30LCD replacement guide.
IBM ThinkPad T40Instructions how to replace the LCD screen.
Sony VAIO misc. modelsHow to fix Sony laptop screens from falling down.
Sony VAIO PCG-505EXStep-by-step instructions for LCD replacement (in Japanese).
Toshiba Portege M200Tutorial about removing the LCD screen and replacing the digitizer.
Toshiba SatelliteLCD replacement guide.
Toshiba Satellite 200CDTHow to replace the broken backlight with a solar illuminator (in German).
Toshiba Satellite 1415Partial disassembly explaining how to remove the LCD screen.
Toshiba Satellite 2435Pictures and instructions about removing the LCD screen.
Toshiba Satellite Pro 435CDSScreen Repair: Illustrated how to replace a laptop backlight and inverter.
Toshiba Satellite (unknown model)LCD Removal Instructions with step-by-step pictures showing how to remove your laptop LCD from a typical notebook computer.
Toshiba Satellite A45How to remove and replace broken laptop hinges.
Toshiba Satellite A60/65How to open the laptop display assembly and remove the LCD screen.
Toshiba Satellite A105How to remove and replace laptop FL inverter and LCD screen.
Toshiba Satellite M35XHow to remove or replace LCD screen, display video cable and FL inverter board.
Toshiba Satellite M45Removing LCD screen and FL inverter board.
Toshiba Satellite P25Disassembly to get the LCD screen removed.
Zenith Z-Note 425LncUsing the LCD panel from an old broken laptop as a VGA monitor.
N.N.How to repair your LCD backlight: fault diagnosis, CCFT replacement.

How to Re-Use an Old LCD Display: PC-Monitor, PictureFrame, Projector

Do you want to bring an old laptop or notebook LCD back to life?

Digital PictureFrameDo-it-yourself instructions to make a digital picture frame.
DIY Projectordo-it-yourself projectors (aka beamers).
PC-Monitor ILaptop LCD Panel to PC interface project.
PC-Monitor IIDiscussions Concerning the Problems Encountered with Using a Laptop LCD as a Monitor or Hooking it to your PC.

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