Replacing a laptop screen

Lux23

I was just quoted 150 quid to replace a HP laptop screen, is this a bad price?

chin_grin

Nope...ish.

Can you post the model/make of it. You can find a lot of replacement screens on eBay, but they usually go for around the 50e+ mark, so the rest is labour on their part.

Could you do it yourself?

tagoona

If you're anyway handy with a small screwdriver, you should give it a go yourself.
Most of the service manuals can be found online, then just follow the pictures.
Replaced the laptop cover on mine recently, which basically involved disconnecting leads, hinges and items around the screen.
An hour and a half, tops, if you take is slow and steady. Plus you learn how your laptop is put together.

Lux23

tagoona wrote: »

If you're anyway handy with a small screwdriver, you should give it a go yourself.
Most of the service manuals can be found online, then just follow the pictures.
Replaced the laptop cover on mine recently, which basically involved disconnecting leads, hinges and items around the screen.
An hour and a half, tops, if you take is slow and steady. Plus you learn how your laptop is put together.

I'm useless!

chin_grin

Lux23 wrote: »

I'm useless!

As tagoona said, if you have the manual and you're precise you'll be fine.

It'll be a case of unscrewing and taking out the old screen and disconnecting that (just one or two wires...they're plugged in so no soldering is necessary) and then putting the new one in, reconnecting it and screwing it back up.

What make/model is your hp laptop (should say underneath on a label).

Lux23

It's a HP G61-410SA.

chin_grin

Lux23 wrote: »

It's a HP G61-410SA.

Yeah, you're pretty much going to pay about 80e for a replacement screen here.

And here's how to replace it. This is a messy one as you'll have to remove the keyboard too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQnzeDPqRh8

Here's the service manual for your model:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01868653.pdf

There's step-by-step instructions for replacing the display, with pictures.

Its not difficult; its more just a case of reading ahead, taking your time, having a clean table to work off, keeping track of screws etc. If you're not comfortable doing it im sure you could get your boyfriend or a brother etc to do it.

Would save a 100 quid and should only take an hour or two.

chin_grin

Deleted User wrote: »

Here's the service manual for your model:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01868653.pdf

There's step-by-step instructions for replacing the display, with pictures.

Its not difficult; its more just a case of reading ahead, taking your time, having a clean table to work off, keeping track of screws etc. If you're not comfortable doing it im sure you could get your boyfriend or a brother etc to do it.

Would save a 100 quid and should only take an hour or two.

Good find!

Start from the heading "Component replacement procedures".

Also make sure to have a set of "jewellers screwdrivers". You can pick them up in any argos/homebase. They're just smaller screws. Little feckers to keep track of!

Lux23

I think I may have to just pay someone to do it, seems like a lot of work for a friend to do as a favour!

Lux23

Lux23 wrote: »

I think I may have to just pay someone to do it, seems like a lot of work for a friend to do as a favour!

Well €150 is pretty reasonable assuming they are using a new display (and not a salvaged/refurbished one).

Is the display physically broken? Or just not lighting up? In the latter case it's often just a dead inverter which is cheap and easy to replace.

yoyo

Unless the data cable is gone you don't need to totally dissasemble the laptop to replace the display. Just (different process on different laptops but generally the same) remove the rubber feet on the screen, unscrew the screws (usually 4-6) and then use a card or slot head screwdriver gently pry off the bezel. Unscrew the screen fasteners/frame then remove fasterners from screen, put them on the new screen then move the inverter over and install it (it usually either goes above or bellow the panel). The data cable is like a simple ide one, but smaller and more fiddley. All you need is a precision head 00 phillips for working with most laptops, I got a nice screwdriver set for a tenner delivered there recently has all these small screws and torx etc, set is here.
Heres a photo I took of the set which is more detailed:


Nick

Firblog

That model of hp is one fecker to replace the screen on, think there are over 30 screws to be removed & replaced, if you can't get someone who is very handy I'd really advise getting a pro to do it.

150 is on the upper end of what i'd consider a fair price, look around see if you could get it for 120/130 euro

Lux23

Thanks for the advice. It will be the end of the month before I can do it anyway, it totally fecked I stood on it!

unkel

yoyo wrote: »

I got a nice screwdriver set for a tenner delivered there recently

Nice! Just ordered it!

Firblog wrote: »

150 is on the upper end of what i'd consider a fair price, look around see if you could get it for 120/130 euro

I'd tend to agree with that, but it depends a lot on how much you can source a new screen for. I was looking for a HP DV5 screen earlier today and cheapest I could get it landed was €95 - in that light €140-€150 is more than reasonable