[PREMIUM]- So you’ve got a laptop, really love it and don’t want to let it go. It’s still fairly new but just out of warranty and the LCD monitor on the monitor is busted. You’ve either got a flickering screen, solid-colored horizontal or vertical lines or “blocks” of colors, however when you output the laptop to a regular monitor you know the computer is still working.
Can you fix this yourself?
Yes.
You can order a replacement monitor and do the work yourself by ordering just the screen (and not the bezel), however this is a very tricky job. This tutorial will instruct you how to replace one of these screens properly. We’ve even got pictures to help you see what we’re doing.
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I’m not sure if this is the best place to ask a question but…
If the opposite were true, having a known good monitor and a bad computer,how possible would it be to adapt it to work as a pc monitor?
Good, now I need to figure out how to replace the bulbs for the back light and I am good. As for your question Fred it is cheaper to buy desktop LCDs than it is to adapt a laptop LCD for desktop use (as far as I know). Just sell your excess laptop parts on ebay and use that to buy a nice desktop LCD.
Or buy the same model laptop with a broken lcd and use it or sell it.