In this guide I explain how to remove LCD screen from a Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop.

Also, I’ll show how to separate the inverter board from the screen.

Dell Inspiron 1318 might have two different screen types installed:

1. CCFL backlit LCD screen – screen with backlight lamp inside. This screen requires the inverter board. That’s the one I’ll be taking apart in the following guide.
2. LED backlit LCD screen. This screen doesn’t require the inverter board.

I’ll explain how to find the correct replacement LCD screen at the end of the guide.

STEP 1.

Turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

STEP 2.

Start separating the screen bezel from the back cover on the top of the display assembly.

Insert your fingers between the bezel and screen and wiggle the bezel.

There are hidden plastic latches securing the screen bezel. When you wiggle the bezel you’ll be able to disengage the latches.

STEP 3.

Continue separating the bezel on the top of the display assembly.

STEP 4.

After that move to the lower part of the bezel.

Carefully lift up the part of the bezel which covers the hinges.

STEP 5.

Remove the bezel from the laptop.

STEP 6.

Remove six screws securing the LCD screen assembly to the display back cover.

STEP 7.

Separate the screen from the back cover and place it face down on the keyboard.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the back of the screen and LCD harness (video cable).

One part of the harness is connected to the inverter board. The second and is connected to the LCD screen.

If your Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop has a LED-backlit LCD screen there will be NO inverter board.

When you have LED LCD the video cable will have only one connector plugged into the screen.

STEP 9.

Unplug connector from the inverter board.

STEP 10.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connector.

Disconnect cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 11.

Now you can remove the LCD screen assembly from the laptop.

STEP 12.

Like in many other Dell laptops, the screen inverter is mounted on the bottom side of the screen.

In the following three steps I’ll show how to separate the inverter board from the screen.

STEP 13.

Disconnect one cable from the left side of the inverter board.

STEP 14.

Remove one screw securing the inverter board to the mounting bracket.

STEP 15.

Remove the inverter board from the bracket.

NOTE: most likely the inverter board will be glued to the mounting bracket with double sticky tape.

You’ll have to insert something between the inverter and bracket and separate it.

You can find a new replacement screen using the Dell part number from the back of the original screen.

You can see it on the following picture. The part number is six digits and letters after CN-.

In my Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop the screen has the following part number: 0C117J.

You can skip “0″ while searching for a new screen. Just search for C117J.

You can search for new Dell Inspiron 1318 replacement screen here.

If your screen has a different part number just use the search box.

Again, make sure to buy the correct screen type: CCFL backlit LCD screen or LED backlit LCD screen.

If you are buying a CCFL LCD screen, I would advice to buy one with the inverter board attached. In this case there will be no compatibility issues between the inverter and screen.

In this guide I will disassemble a Dell Inspiron 17R N7110 laptop.

My goal is to access and replace the hard drive which is mounted inside the laptop case. But I will disassemble it even further. I will show how to remove the motherboard and other internal components.

This laptop has two different names: Dell Inspiron 17R and Dell Inspiron N7110.

Before you start make sure the laptop is turned off.

STEP 1.

Remove laptop battery.

STEP 2.

There are four locks securing the keyboard on the top.

STEP 3.

Each lock has a spring behind it.

Push the lock into the case with a small screwdriver.

STEP 4.

At the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit. You can use a knife blade to lift up the keyboard.

While the keyboard is lifted, push in all other locks.

STEP 5.

Finally, lift up the top side of the keyboard and place the keyboard upside down on the palmrest.

STEP 6.

Now you can access the keyboard cable which is connected to the motherboard.

In the following two steps I explain how to unlock the connector and release the cable.

STEP 7.

On this picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

Lift up the left side of the brown tab with your fingernail. The tap will open up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 8.

On this picture the same connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the cable from the connector.

STEP 9.

Remove the keyboard.

If you would like to replace the keyboard, you can find a new keyboard for Dell Inspiron 17R N7110 here.

STEP 10.

Remove one screw securing the memory cover on the bottom of the laptop.

Remove the cover.

STEP 11.

You’ll find both memory modules under the cover.

For the purpose of my guide it’s not necessary to remove memory modules.

By the way, Dell Inspiron 17R N7110 laptop uses PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 204pin SDRAM SODIMM memory.

It can take up to 8GB RAM total. It means you can install up to 4GB RAM module into each slot.

STEP 12.

Remove one screw securing the optical DVD drive.

Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.

STEP 13.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 14.

Remove four screw securing the palmrest assembly.

Disconnect the following cables:
1. Power button board cable.
2. Touchpad cable.
3. Hot key board cable.

STEP 15.

Separate the palmrest assembly from the bottom case with a piece of soft plastic.

I’m using the guitar pick.

STEP 16.

Lift up and remove the palmrest assembly.

STEP 17.

When the palmrest assembly removed you can access the following laptop components:
- Cooling fan.
- CMOS battery.
- Hard drive.
- Speakers and subwoofer.
- I/O board. Both wireless cards mounted on this board.
- Motherboard.

STEP 18.

Remove three screws securing the hard drive.

Slide the hard drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive from the laptop.

In my Dell Inspiron 17R N7110 I had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed. It’s possible to replace it with any other large capacity SATA hard drive or SDD.

STEP 19.

Remove two screws securing the cooling fan.

Disconnect fan cable from the motherboard.

STEP 20.

Lift up and remove the cooling fan.

New cooling fans for Dell Inspiron 17R laptop available here.

STEP 21.

Remove four screws securing the motherboard to the laptop base.

Disconnect the following cables:
1. DC power jack cable.
2. Webcam cable.
3. LCD screen cable.
4. Status light board cable.
5. Laptop speaker cable.
6. Subwoofer cable.

STEP 22.

Carefully lift up the left side of the motherboard and disconnect it from the I/O board.

STEP 23.

Remove the motherboard.

STEP 24.

On the bottom side of the motherboard you can access the heatsink and processor (CPU) which is located under the heatsink.

In this guide I explain how to replaced LED-backlit LCD screen on Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop.

It’s very easy to disassemble the display panel on a Dell Inspiron 1750 and the entire LCD screen replacement process took me about 30 minutes.

Before you start, make sure the laptop is turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

The LCD screen bezel secured to the display cover by hidden plastic latches, there are no screws.

Insert your fingers between the bezel and screen somewhere in the webcam area.

Wiggle the screen bezel and separate it from the display cover.

STEP 2.

Continue separating the bezel on the top of the display assembly.

STEP 3.

Move to the bottom part of the bezel.

Lift up the bezel and separate it from the display cover in the hinge area.

STEP 4.

Remove the bezel.

STEP 5.

There are eight screws securing the LCD screen to the display cover.

Remove two screws on the top of the display.

Loosen (do not remove completely) six screws on the bottom of the display.

STEP 6.

Carefully separate the display cover from the LCD screen just enough to access screws on the side of the screen.

Remove two screws securing the right side of the screen to the hinge bracket.

STEP 7.

Remove two more screws on the left side of the screen.

STEP 8.

Now you can place the LCD screen face down on the keyboard.

STEP 9.

The video cable connector is located on the bottom part of the screen.

STEP 10.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connection.

Unplug the video cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 11.

The LCD screen is ready for the replacement.

New LED-backlit LCD screens for Dell Inpiron 1750 laptops available here.

In my previous post I explain how to replace laptop keyboard.

In this guide I’ll be replacing the keyboard on a Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop.

My customer spilled something on the keyboard and some keys stopped working completely.

Laptop keyboards cannot be disassembled. If the keyboard fails, it has to be replaced.

Before you start laptop disassemble, make sure it’s turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

There are two screws securing the speaker cover on the bottom of the laptop.

Remove both screws.

STEP 2.

Lift up one side of the speaker cover with a small flathead screwdriver. I’m using a plastic stick for that.

Continue removing the cover with your fingers.

STEP 3.

The speaker cover removed.

STEP 4.

Remove four screws securing the keyboard to the top cover.

STEP 5.

Carefully lift up one side of the keyboard bezel with a sharp object.

Continue removing the keyboard bezel with your fingers.

There are small latches securing the bezel. You’ll have to wiggle it a little bit in order to disengage those latches.

STEP 6.

Keyboard bezel removed.

STEP 7.

Slide the keyboard towards the laptop screen.

Now you should be able to access the keyboard cable connector.

You can remove the keyboard cable from the connector ONLY after the connector is unlocked.

STEP 8.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

In order to unlock the connector lift up the right side of the brown locking tab with your fingernail.

The locking tap will pop up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 9.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 10.

Finally remove the keyboard and replace it with a new one.

New keyboards for Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop available here.

In the next post I’ll explain how to replace laptop LCD screen.

Today I show how to replace cracked LCD screen on Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. The procedure is very similar to replacing LCD screen on many other Dell laptops and takes about 30 minutes.

Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop uses two different types of LCD screens:
1. Old style LCD screen with CCFL backlight.
2. Newer style LCD screen with LED backlight.

In my case I’m replacing LCD screen with LED backlight.

Before you start, make sure the laptop is turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

The screen bezel has six rubber screw covers.

Remove all covers with a sharp object.

Glue these covers somewhere on the screen bezel so they don’t get lost.

Remove all six screws found under those covers.

STEP 2.

Insert your fingers between the bezel and screen and start separating the bezel.

The screen bezel secured by hidden latches. You’ll have to wiggle the bezel in order to disengage those latches.

STEP 3.

Continue separating the bezel on the top of the display assembly.

STEP 4.

The bottom part of the bezel could be glued to the LCD screen with sticky tape.

In this case insert a piece of soft plastic (I’m using a guitar pick) between the bezel and LCD screen and carefully move it along the side.

STEP 5.

The LCD screen bezel has been removed.

STEP 6.

Remove two screws securing LCD screen to the display cover.

STEP 7.

Separate LCD screen from the display cover and place it face down on the keyboard.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the video cable connector on the back of the screen.

Laptops with LED backlit LCD screens have no inverter board. There is only one cable plugged into the screen as it shown on the following picture.

If you are working on a laptop with CCFL backlit LCD screen, you’ll have to disconnect video cable from the LCD screen and inverter board which is located on the bottom of the screen.

STEP 9.

Remove sticky tape securing the connection.

Unplug video cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 10.

Now you can remove the LCD screen and replace it with a new one.

New replacement LCD screens for Dell Inspiron 1545 laptops available here.

You can search by the LCD screen model number which is printed on the screen label. In my case I had this screen: LP156WH2 (TL)(A1).

Remember, there are two different types of screens used in this model: LCD screen with CCFL backlight (older type) and LCD screen with LED backlight (newer type).

CCFL backlit LCD screen have a short cable sticking out of the lower right corner – this is backlight lamp cable.

LED backlight LCD screens do not have this cable.

Make sure to buy the correct screen.

STEP 11.

The final step would be moving LCD screen mounting brackets to the new screen.

Remove three screws on one side of the screen and transfer the bracket to the new screen. Do the same on the other side.

In one of previous guides I explain how to replace Dell Inspiron 1545 keyboard.

In this guide I explain how to take apart a Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop.

I believe this model also called Inspiron 15R. Also similar to Inspiron M5010 model.

I’m doing this disassembly in order to access and remove the hard drive which is mounted deep inside the laptop.

Dell Inspiron N5010 doesn’t give you easy access to the hard drive. I’ll be removing the keyboard and top cover assembly.

Before you stat laptop disassembly make sure it’s turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

Remove one screw securing the memory cover.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 2.

Both memory slots/modules can be easily accessed on the bottom of the laptop.

Dell Inspiron N5010 (Inspiron 15R) laptop can support up to 8GB RAM. You can install up to 4GB RAM module into each slot.

Memory type used: PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 204pin SDRAM SODIMM.

STEP 3.

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.

Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.

STEP 4.

There is one screw securing laptop keyboard on the bottom.

This screw located in the memory compartment.

Remove the screw.

STEP 5.

There are four spring loaded latches securing the keyboard on the top.

STEP 6.

Push on the latch with a small screwdriver and at the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.

Do the same with all remaining latches.

STEP 7.

Turn the keyboard upside down and place it on the palmrest.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the keyboard connector.

Before you remove the keyboard you’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable.

STEP 9.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

Lift up the left side of the locking tab. It will open up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 10.

On the following picture same connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the cable.

STEP 11.

Remove the keyboard.

Replace it with a new keyboard if needed. New keyboards for Dell Inspiron N5010 (Inspiron 15R and Inspiron M5010) laptops available here.

STEP 12.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

Six screws (green circles) are hidden under rubber covers.

STEP 13.

You can remove rubber covers with a sharp object. After that remove screws.

STEP 14.

Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the power button cable, status light cable and touch pad cable from the motherboard.

Use same technique as for disconnecting the keyboard cable.

STEP 15.

Start separating the top cover assembly from the laptop base.

STEP 16.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 17.

Under the top cover assembly you’ll get access to the hard drive, CPU cooling fan, wireless card and SC card reader.

STEP 18.

There are four screws securing the hard drive on the bottom of the laptop.

Remove all four screws.

STEP 19.

Now slide the hard drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive.

My Dell Inspiron N5010 had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed.

It’s possible to upgrade this drive with any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or expensive (but fast and noiseless) 2.5″ SATA solid state drive (SSD).

In this post I explain how to take apart a Dell Vostro 1220 laptop.

I’m taking it apart in order to remove and replace failed hard drive which is mounted deep inside the laptop case.

I will also show how to access and remove other main Dell Vostro 1220 laptop parts such as memory modules, keyboard, DVD drive, wireless card and CMOS battery.

Before you start laptop disassembly, make sure it’s turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

Remove two screws securing the memory cover. Remove the cover.

STEP 2.

Under the cover you’ll get access to both memory modules, wireless module and CMOS battery.

STEP 3.

Remove one screws securing the DVD drive.

Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.

STEP 4.

Using a sharp object lift up the right side of the center control cover.

STEP 5.

Continue removing the cover with your fingers.

Be careful, the control button board cable still connected to the motherboard.

Don’t be scared if you accidentally pulled the cable from the connector. You can reconnect it later when the keyboard is removed.

STEP 6.

Move the center control cover toward the display so you can access keyboard screws.

Remove three screws securing the keyboard.

STEP 7.

Lift up the keyboard and turn it over on the palm rest.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector.

Before removing the keyboard, you’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable.

STEP 9.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

Carefully lift up the left side of the locking tab so it opens up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 10.

On the following picture the connector is shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 11.

Remove the keyboard.

Here you can find a new keyboard for Dell Vostro 1220 laptops.

STEP 12.

Disconnect the center control board cable.

Remove the center control cover.

STEP 13.

Disconnect both antenna cables from the wireless card.

STEP 14.

Unroute wireless card antenna cables.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 15.

Disconnect video cable from the motherboard. The video cable has ground cable which is secured by one screws.

Pull wireless card antenna cables though the opening in the top cover.

STEP 16.

Disconnect touch pad cable from the motherboard.

Remove three screws securing the top cover.

STEP 17.

Carefully separate the top cover assembly from the laptop base.

STEP 18.

Remove top cover assembly.

STEP 19.

The hard drive located in the lower right corner.

STEP 20.

Disconnect one side of the USB board cable and move the cable away from the hard drive.

STEP 21.

Remove four screws securing the hard drive.

Slide hard drive assembly to the right to disconnect it from the motherboard.

STEP 22.

Lift up and remove the hard drive assembly.

STEP 23.

Remove two screws on each side of the hard drive.

Separate the mounting bracket and transfer it to the new hard drive.

In my Dell Vostro 1220 laptop I had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed. You can replace it with another 2.5″ SATA hard drive or upgrade to a 2.5″ Solid State Drive (SSD).

Solid State Drives are more expensive but significantly faster and quiet.

In this post I explain how to replace LCD screen in a Dell Studio 1555 laptop.

UPDATE: today I had to replace damaged screen in a Dell Studio 1558 laptop and the replacement procedure was identical to Dell Studio 1555.

In my case the LCD screen started showing horizontal lines and only small portion of the screen still worked properly.

In order to replace the LCD screen it’s not necessary to disassemble the entire laptop and remove the display panel. You can replace the screen while the display panel still attached to the laptop.

Before you start, make sure the laptop is turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

There are no screws securing the screen bezel to the display cover. It’s secured by hidden plastic latches.

Insert a piece of soft plastic (I”m using a guitar pick) between the screen bezel and display cover and wiggle it to release hidden latches. Separate bezel from the cover.

STEP 2

Continue removing the bezel with your fingers.

STEP 3.

Separate bezel from the cover on the bottom of the display assembly.

STEP 4.

Remove the screen bezel.

You’ll find a small magnet attached to the back side of the screen bezel. This magnet activates lid close switch when the display is closed.

Do not lose the magnet or the lid close switch will not work.

STEP 5.

Remove four screws securing the LCD screen.

STEP 5.

Separate the LCD screen assembly from the display cover so you can access the webcam cable.

STEP 6.

Unplug the cable from the webcam module.

STEP 7.

Place the LCD screen face down on the top cover.

STEP 8.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connector.

Unplug video cable from the LCD screen.

NOTE: if you have an older LCD screen with CCFL backlight, you’ll have to disconnect one more cable from the inverter board.

My Dell Studio 1555 laptop came with a LED-backlit LCD screen which doesn’t require the inverter board.

STEP 9.

Remove LCD screen assembly from the laptop.

STEP 10.

You’ll have to transfer mounting brackets to the new LCD screen.

Each mounting bracket secured by two screws on the side of the LCD screen.

STEP 11.

You can search for a new replacement LCD screen by the screen model number or Dell part number.

In my laptop the LCD screen model number is BT156GW01 V.4 and Dell part number is 01G5D3.

Dell Studio 1555 laptop comes with a few different types of screens:

1. 15.6” WXGA (1366X768) HD screen with CCFL backlight.
2. 15.6″ WXGA (1366X768) HD LED-backlit LCD screen.
3. 15.6″ WXGA++ (1600×900) HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen.
4. 15.6″ WUXGA (1920×1080) Full HD LED-backlit LCD screen.

Make sure to find the right replacement screen for your laptop.

In this guide I explain how to disassemble a Dell Studio 1555 laptop. I’ll show how to take it apart completely and remove all major parts.

With this guide you’ll be able to:
- access laptop hard drive, memory, CMOS battery.
- remove and replace keyboard.
- remove and replace DVD optical drive.
- remove motherboard.
- remove and clean the cooling fan assembly.
- access and DC jack harness.
etc…

Before you start, make sure the laptop is powered off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

Start laptop disassemble with removing the memory card and hard drive cover which is secured by three screws.

STEP 2.

Under the cover you’ll get an access to both memory modules/slots, hard drive, wireless card and CMOS battery.

Also, some Dell Studio 1555 models can be equipped with WWAN and WPAN cards.

Remove four screws securing the hard drive. Slide the hard drive to the right to disconnect it from the motherboard.

STEP 3.

Lift up and remove the hard drive.

If you replacing the hard drive, you’ll have to transfer mounting brackets to the new drive.

My Dell Studio 1555 laptop has a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive which can be upgraded to a SSD hard drive (expensive but quite and fast).

STEP 4.

In order to release the memory module you’ll have to spread latches on both sides of the memory slot.

The memory module will pop up at a 30 degree angle.

Pull both memory modules from slots.

Dell Studio 1555 laptop uses DDR2 PC2-6400 memory. It can take up to 8GB total (up to 4GB RAM in each slot).

If you want to use more than 4GB RAM, you’ll have to run a 64-bit operating system.

STEP 5.

Remove one screw securing the center control cover.

STEP 6.

Carefully lift up the upper side of the center control cover and slide it towards the display.

STEP 7.

Remove the center control cover.

STEP 8.

Remove two screws securing the keyboard.

STEP 9.

Lift up the keyboard and place it upside down on the palm rest.

Be careful. The keyboard still attached to the motherboard. There are two ribbon cables running from the keyboard to the motherboard.

Before you can remove the keyboard, it’s necessary to unlock both connectors and release cables.

STEP 10.

You can unlock both connectors using the same method.

Lift up the right side of the locking tab. It will open up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 11.

On the following picture the connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the cable from the connector.

Open up another connector using same method.

STEP 12.

Remove the keyboard.

Now you can replace it with a new keyboard if needed.

STEP 13.

Disconnect both antenna cables from the wireless card.

If you have WWAN and WPAN cards installed, disconnect antenna cables from them too.

I would suggest making notes how those cables are connected.

STEP 14.

Unroute all antenna cables.

Remove two screws securing display hinges on the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 15.

Disconnect shown display cables from the motherboard.

STEP 16.

Unroute display cables and pull antenna cables though the opening in the top cover.

Remove two screws securing the display hinges.

STEP 17.

Lift up and remove the display assembly.

In one of the following posts I explain how to take apart the display assembly and remove the LCD screen.

STEP 18.

Remove eight screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 19.

Remove ten more screws from the top cover.

Disconnect shown cables from the motherboard.

STEP 20.

Start separating the top cover assembly from the bottom cover.

STEP 21.

Continue separating the top cover.

I’m using a guitar pick as a case cracker.

STEP 22.

Lift up and remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 23.

Remove one screw securing the CD/DVD optical drive.

STEP 24.

Lift up the front side of the CD/DVD optical drive and disconnect it from the motherboard.

STEP 25.

Remove four screws securing the ExpressCard board.

STEP 27.

Remove the ExpressCard board.

As you noticed, I disconnected cables from the card itself and left them connected to the motherboard.

STEP 28.

Remove six screws securing the motherboard.

Disconnect three shown cables from the motherboard.

STEP 29.

Lift up the right side of the motherboard and carefully pull it from the bottom case.

STEP 30.

Remove the motherboard.

STEP 31.

On the bottom side of the motherboard you’ll get an access to the cooling module (cooling fan and heat sink).

If the cooling fan and heat sink look dusty, you can blow it off with compressed air.

Also, cleaning the cooling module will fix any possible laptop overheating issues.

Noisy fan? New Dell Studio 1555 fans available here.

STEP 32.

If you would like to replace the cooling module or apply new thermal grease on the CPU, you’ll have to remove it.

Loosen six screws securing the cooling module and disconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard.

Now you can separate the cooling module from the motherboard and access the CPU.

STEP 33.

The DC jack (power connector) in Dell Studio 1555 laptop is not soldered to the motherboard.

The DC jack attached to the power harness which can be unplugged from the motherboard (we did it in the step 28).

If your DC jack failed, just replace the entire DC jack harness.

It’s possible this guide will work for some other Dell Studio laptops. If it works for you, please mention the model in comments below.

Here I explain how to replace broken LCD screen on a Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop.

Most likely this guide will work for some other Dell laptops. If it works for you, please mention the model number in comments after the post.

Before you start, make sure the laptop is turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover with a piece of soft plastic. I’m using a guitar pick for that.

There are hidden plastic latches securing the bezel. You’ll have to wiggle the bezel up and down to disengage those latches.

STEP 2.

Continue separating the bezel with your fingers.

STEP 3.

The bezel had been separated on the upper side of the display. Now move to the bottom side of the display.

STEP 4.

Separate screen bezel from the LCD screen on the bottom of the display assembly.

Continue removing the bezel with your fingers.

STEP 5.

Remove the bezel.

STEP 6.

Remove six screws securing the screen assembly to the display cover.

STEP 7.

Now you can separate the screen from the cover.

Be careful, the screen cable still attached to the webcam module and screen itself.

Do not move the screen too far from the cover.

STEP 8.

Place the screen face down on the keyboard.

Now you can access the video cable connector on the back of the screen.

NOTE: if your laptop has a regular CCFL backlit LCD screen (not LED screen) you’ll have to do one more step – disconnect cable from the inverter board.

LED-backlit LCD screens do not require an inverter. It’s connected directly to the motherboard.

STEP 9.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connector.

Unplug the video cable connector from the LCD screen.

STEP 10.

Now you can remove the LCD screen assembly.

STEP 11.

Transfer both mounting brackets to the new screen.

In order to remove the bracket you’ll have to remove three screws.

Now you can replace the broken LCD screen with a new one.

Make sure to find the correct LCD screen for your laptop.

After the broken screen is removed, you can search for the screen model on the back. Google the model number to find screen specifications (backligt type and resolution). New replacement screens for Dell Inspiron 1564 laptops available here.

I believe Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop comes with one of the following screens:
- 15.6″ WXGA (1366X768) HD screen with CCFL backlight.
- 15.6″ WXGA (1366X768) HD LED backlit screen.
- 15.6″ WXGA++ (1600×900) HD+ backlit screen.
- 15.6″ WUXGA (1920×1080) Full HD LED backlit screen.