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Broken screen on laptop
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:06 am
by Andy Hamilton
I stupidly picked up my laptop by the screen yesterday and bust it. Can this be fixed? I think the LCD has been shattered or something as a small section of the screen works and there is a big white patch working down the screen where the display should be. I am hoping I can find the guarantee and am covered!
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:26 am
by Shirley
No idea... but you could use it temporarily if you've got a free standing pc monitor.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:53 am
by bogit & legit
ochhh that sound like an insurence job to me,maybe claim on your household insurence.
cheers
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:22 pm
by Andy Hamilton
bogit & legit wrote:ochhh that sound like an insurence job to me,maybe claim on your household insurence.
cheers
What household insurance
Yep I think I can use it with a monitor for a bit.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:30 am
by pskipper
E-bay often has replacement LCD screens from stripped down laptops!
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:54 pm
by mrsflibble
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:25 am
by Super.Niki
try keeping it on for a while (I know, not very eco-friendly...) it might just need to "come back to life"... if not definitely claim on the insurance!!
Unless you can fix it yourself if you get a replacement screen, the cost of fixing a laptop is astronomical because they break so easily once opened...
good luck!
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:39 am
by wulf
If you do find that you can't fix the LCD and have to stick with an external monitor you lose the portability but at least you can console yourself with the fact that laptops tend to be much more energy efficient than most desktop systems. The exceptions (like my very cute little friend, the Mac Mini) tend to be built using laptop-type technology but without the built in I/O devices.
Wulf
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:16 pm
by Andy Hamilton
Well I opted for the most eco-freindly and got it fixed. They used a screen off a laptop that had totally broken so I am quite happy that my stupidity did not add to the lines of production. Still it cost me 175 quid so the happiness was rather short lived. Makes me thing that a years household insurance might be the way forward.
Note to self, never pick up laptop by screen.
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:25 am
by eccentric_emma
im going to show this thread to my dad as he insists on picking up his (and mine when i lend him it!) by the screen. maybe the cost of £175 (and probably more) will put him off!
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:56 am
by Andy Hamilton
eccentric_emma wrote:im going to show this thread to my dad as he insists on picking up his (and mine when i lend him it!) by the screen. maybe the cost of £175 (and probably more) will put him off!
Please do I was actually quoted a lot more than that from other places.