[opensuse] offtopic: laptop repair
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen. It's for a Dell XPS L502X. Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?) It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen. I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice? On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2721DJ3574&cm_re=dell_xps_l502x_screen-_-9SIA2721DJ3574-_-Product Any gotcha's I should be aware of? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Conveniently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feee4fU2Mh4 If you feel comfortable with it, just try to do the LCD; but if the plastic case is either broken/damaged, or the hinges are cracked/loose/weak, you might consider doing the whole shebang. Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue 23 Sep 2014 10:40:04 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Hi I was given a HP 4440s with a broken screen, $46 for a replacement via Amazon (which is where I would recommend). I've done a few others, including a couple of nooks. If you do the whole screen, then unless you can access the lcd cable connector on the motherboard via keyboard removal, it's much more work....
You need to make sure you check the LCD panel part number before ordering, then search for the part number. Is it a touchscreen or just a plain 15.6"? If it's just a plain one, post back the part number and will look in my laptop parts box to see if I have one. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop up 1 day 22:37, 4 users, load average: 0.26, 0.39, 0.32 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635@2.9GHz | GPU Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue 23 Sep 2014 10:40:04 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Hi I was given a HP 4440s with a broken screen, $46 for a replacement via Amazon (which is where I would recommend). I've done a few others, including a couple of nooks. If you do the whole screen, then unless you can access the lcd cable connector on the motherboard via keyboard removal, it's much more work....
You need to make sure you check the LCD panel part number before ordering, then search for the part number.
Is it a touchscreen or just a plain 15.6"? If it's just a plain one, post back the part number and will look in my laptop parts box to see if I have one.
Thanks for the offer ad it is just a plain one. Using the youtube video someone linked to and the Dell Service manual I was able to get the bezel off without too much difficulty. The screen (not a touchscreen) has "D/PN: 01K0R2" on a sticker on the back. Googling 01K0R2 I find lots of places to buy it so it looks readily available. If you already have screens pulled out it would be great if you already have one. Thanks again, Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:53:35 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue 23 Sep 2014 10:40:04 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Hi I was given a HP 4440s with a broken screen, $46 for a replacement via Amazon (which is where I would recommend). I've done a few others, including a couple of nooks. If you do the whole screen, then unless you can access the lcd cable connector on the motherboard via keyboard removal, it's much more work....
You need to make sure you check the LCD panel part number before ordering, then search for the part number.
Is it a touchscreen or just a plain 15.6"? If it's just a plain one, post back the part number and will look in my laptop parts box to see if I have one.
Thanks for the offer ad it is just a plain one. Using the youtube video someone linked to and the Dell Service manual I was able to get the bezel off without too much difficulty.
The screen (not a touchscreen) has "D/PN: 01K0R2" on a sticker on the back. Googling 01K0R2 I find lots of places to buy it so it looks readily available.
If you already have screens pulled out it would be great if you already have one.
Thanks again, Greg Hi Are there any other numbers on it like LP.... or FW....?
I have mostly the 17" ones, but do have one from a DELL E5510 which is 1366x768. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop up 1 day 23:59, 4 users, load average: 0.17, 0.19, 0.23 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635@2.9GHz | GPU Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:53:35 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue 23 Sep 2014 10:40:04 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Hi I was given a HP 4440s with a broken screen, $46 for a replacement via Amazon (which is where I would recommend). I've done a few others, including a couple of nooks. If you do the whole screen, then unless you can access the lcd cable connector on the motherboard via keyboard removal, it's much more work....
You need to make sure you check the LCD panel part number before ordering, then search for the part number.
Is it a touchscreen or just a plain 15.6"? If it's just a plain one, post back the part number and will look in my laptop parts box to see if I have one.
Thanks for the offer ad it is just a plain one. Using the youtube video someone linked to and the Dell Service manual I was able to get the bezel off without too much difficulty.
The screen (not a touchscreen) has "D/PN: 01K0R2" on a sticker on the back. Googling 01K0R2 I find lots of places to buy it so it looks readily available.
If you already have screens pulled out it would be great if you already have one.
Thanks again, Greg Hi Are there any other numbers on it like LP.... or FW....?
I have mostly the 17" ones, but do have one from a DELL E5510 which is 1366x768.
One line of that same label has: LP156WH2 15.6" HD Thanks again, Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:17:48 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:53:35 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue 23 Sep 2014 10:40:04 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Hi I was given a HP 4440s with a broken screen, $46 for a replacement via Amazon (which is where I would recommend). I've done a few others, including a couple of nooks. If you do the whole screen, then unless you can access the lcd cable connector on the motherboard via keyboard removal, it's much more work....
You need to make sure you check the LCD panel part number before ordering, then search for the part number.
Is it a touchscreen or just a plain 15.6"? If it's just a plain one, post back the part number and will look in my laptop parts box to see if I have one.
Thanks for the offer ad it is just a plain one. Using the youtube video someone linked to and the Dell Service manual I was able to get the bezel off without too much difficulty.
The screen (not a touchscreen) has "D/PN: 01K0R2" on a sticker on the back. Googling 01K0R2 I find lots of places to buy it so it looks readily available.
If you already have screens pulled out it would be great if you already have one.
Thanks again, Greg Hi Are there any other numbers on it like LP.... or FW....?
I have mostly the 17" ones, but do have one from a DELL E5510 which is 1366x768.
One line of that same label has:
LP156WH2 15.6" HD
Thanks again, Greg Hi Bummer, have a LP156WH1 (TL) (C1) from and Acer which isn't compatible... :(
-- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop up 2 days 1:58, 4 users, load average: 0.08, 0.43, 0.34 CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635@2.9GHz | GPU Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:17:48 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:53:35 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue 23 Sep 2014 10:40:04 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Hi I was given a HP 4440s with a broken screen, $46 for a replacement via Amazon (which is where I would recommend). I've done a few others, including a couple of nooks. If you do the whole screen, then unless you can access the lcd cable connector on the motherboard via keyboard removal, it's much more work....
You need to make sure you check the LCD panel part number before ordering, then search for the part number.
Is it a touchscreen or just a plain 15.6"? If it's just a plain one, post back the part number and will look in my laptop parts box to see if I have one.
Thanks for the offer ad it is just a plain one. Using the youtube video someone linked to and the Dell Service manual I was able to get the bezel off without too much difficulty.
The screen (not a touchscreen) has "D/PN: 01K0R2" on a sticker on the back. Googling 01K0R2 I find lots of places to buy it so it looks readily available.
If you already have screens pulled out it would be great if you already have one.
Thanks again, Greg Hi Are there any other numbers on it like LP.... or FW....?
I have mostly the 17" ones, but do have one from a DELL E5510 which is 1366x768.
One line of that same label has:
LP156WH2 15.6" HD
Thanks again, Greg Hi Bummer, have a LP156WH1 (TL) (C1) from and Acer which isn't compatible... :(
Thanks for looking! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/23/2014 10:40 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Have you checked eBay? Ironically, looking for a similar repair a few years ago for my HP laptop I passed over a complete replacement which would have been only slightly more epxpensive :-) Oh, the Irony! -- There's about as much difference between the two major party's as there is between McDonald's and Burger King fries. They both cost too much and neither one is good for you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 23/09/2014 16:40, Greg Freemyer a écrit :
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Dell share very detailed notices, making it usually quite easy to disassenble the units jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
Once you have the lid off, replacing the screen is an extra 10 minutes of work. I would definitely go for just replacing the screen.
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Just find a repair manual in PDF form for that line of model variants
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Dirk Gently <dirk.gently00@gmail.com> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
Alright, after a decade or more of routinely carrying a laptop around I just broke my first screen.
It's for a Dell XPS L502X.
Looks like I can spend anywhere from $60 to $300 to replace it. (At $300 it may be smarter to replace it?)
It looks like the 2 basic options are buying a complete lid with the screen and bezel already toghether, or I can buy just a screen.
I'm reasonably handy with tools, so I'm wondering what the smart thing is for me to do. Any advice?
Once you have the lid off, replacing the screen is an extra 10 minutes of work.
I would definitely go for just replacing the screen.
On my own, I will likely order this one from Newegg:
Any gotcha's I should be aware of?
Just find a repair manual in PDF form for that line of model variants
Thanks I found the Dell Service Manual and I have the bezel off and the screen detached from the lid. A new Dell screen is on order. I have 2 laptops, and the dead one is my alternate one so I'm good for a couple days until the new screen shows up. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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