Screen Broken on a Sony Vaio

kwestfan08

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The screen on my Vaio broke today after an unlucky "stepping on it" episode .

There is a hairline crack running from top to bottom and like a black ink for want of a better word coming from the crack. (Bit of a technophobe so excuse the description )

Just wondering can the screens themselves be replaced or will I have to fork out for another new laptop. The model itself is a Sony Vaio VGN-NR21Z and looks something like that.



Its out of warranty so just figuring on prices and such.

I would love any help you can give me.

Kinetic^

In Dublin, probably about 130-140 for supply and fitting.

kwestfan08

Kinetic^ wrote: »

In Dublin, probably about 130-140 for supply and fitting.

Oh yeah? I thought it would be more around the €250-€300 mark seeing as screens themselves seem to be €100ish on their own on ebay.

DonalK1981

I did one of these myself, and it cost around 100 dollars for the screen and I fitted it myself. All you need is a wooden stirrer and a small phillips screwdriver. There are plenty of videos on youtube showing how it's done! It worked for me...

kwestfan08

DonalK1981 wrote: »

I did one of these myself, and it cost around 100 dollars for the screen and I fitted it myself. All you need is a wooden stirrer and a small phillips screwdriver. There are plenty of videos on youtube showing how it's done! It worked for me...[/QUO

Seen a few of them vids alright and it does look deceptively easy. I think the problems come though if you get a dud screen, your still at square one. If around the €130 mark is right I'll let someone else worry about it .

xsiborg

i had to replace my wife's sony vaio screen (Vaio VGN-CS21S) recently aswell, i didnt have one of those little wooden sticks but i know the one's you're talking about. i just slid my fingernails under the bezel and eased it off gently. the biggest PITA for me was when i seemed to have misplaced one of the little wine colored bumpers, found it tho after nearly tearing the office upside down! :rolleyes:

j@utis

if it's around 130eur to fix it in Dublin, I'd go for it.
why? I tell you my recent adventure into this kind of DIY. I have a lovely 13" laptop by Lenovo, ultimately thin and stylish that I got to use for a brief 5 months untill I lightly stepped on the egde of it. Screen didn't show any signs of damage but didn't work anymore. I was quoted 135eur to fix it with one Dublin firm. But I found a compatible screen on ebay for 100eur. So I thought 'hey I'm saving 35quid, fantastic!' First screen I bought arrived damaged. I sent it back (postage to uk costs 12eur). I got a replacement. Fitted it. It worked for first time I powered the laptop up, then I needed to restart it and screen never came back on again. dead. I sent it back, 12 eur again. got my money back. bought another screen from different seller. when it arrived it didn't fit my laptop at all. I sent it back !12eur! and got my money back. at this point I spent 36eur + parking + petrol to send those faulty screens back lol.
I gave up, went out and bought myself a new laptop. end of story.

shoutman

Can anyone recommend a good place to get it fixed?

I recently broke my dell vostro screen and from what i read they are tricky enough to fix.

mp22

shoutman wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good place to get it fixed?

I recently broke my dell vostro screen and from what i read they are tricky enough to fix.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1520/en/sm/display.htm#wp1179838 there really not to hard to do

shoutman

Thanks for that mp22, mine is a vostro 3300, but found instructions on how to do. OVer 140 for the screen off dell

HelpWithIT

I can do for €125 inc VAT with 12 month warranty
PM me if interested
Mick

Kinetic^

Make sure whoever fixes it, replaces it with an exact replica and not a generic screen which may not be ideal for your laptop.

FiFi01

Be careful with Sony screens we charge about €139 for most models but the Sony ones are a lot more expensive. Make sure that the brightness control will work when you get it back as most spurious screens don't allow you to control the brightness & this will cause more issues later on