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laptop screen is broken

  • 21-07-2004 3:35pm
    #1
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭


    my laptop screen is broken/cracked, it's a dell inspiron 8200 (no warranty). are they expensive to replace? or am I better off investing in a CRT monitor and accepting that I no longer have a "portable" computer?

    i don't go out much, but still.. it'd be nice to be able to move it around


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  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    yeah, they're the most expensive component of the laptop, pretty much.

    all i can suggest is to try looking aroud places like ebay, maybe someone has a knackered 8200 with an intact screen.


  • #3
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    they are unbelieveably expensive.
    A year or two ago, one of my minions cracked the laptop screen on a Compaq E500 which was worth about 800 euro at the time.
    Replacement screen? That'll be €450 please.

    Buy a rucksack.


  • #4
    secret_squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭secret_squirrel


    Get a 2nd hand pocket pc and run the laptop through terminal services when you want to go out and about. I find it works reasonablywell if you have Nyidot or another virtual display proggy on the pda.

    You will look wierd tho :D


  • #5
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    HAH, I just turned it on and the screen still works.. except for this monstrous black crack going from one corner to the other, hehe. it looks funny.


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