In this post I explain how to remove and replace damaged LCD screen in a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Most likely this guide will work for many other Dell laptops. If this guide works for you, please mention the laptop model number in comments after the post.

Need spare parts for your Dell Inspiron 6000? Search here for a new LCD screen or inverter board.

Dell Inspiron 6000 display disassembly.

STEP 1.

Remove six screw covers from the screen bezel.

Remove all screws found under those covers.

You can remove the screw cover with a sharp object or small screwdriver.

STEP 2.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover.

Remove the screen bezel.

STEP 3.

Remove four screws from the right side of the LCD screen assembly.

Remove four more screws from the left side.

STEP 4.

Separate the LCD screen assembly from the display cover.

STEP 5.

Place the LCD screen assembly face down on the keyboard.

Now you can access the video cable.

STEP 6.

Unplug the small connector from the screen inverter board.

STEP 7.

Disconnect the video cable connector from the LCD screen.

STEP 8.

Remove the LCD screen assembly.

The inverter board is attached to the LCD screen frame.

STEP 9.

Remove one screw securing the inverter board.

STEP 10.

Disconnect the baklight lamp cable from the left side of the inverter board.

STEP 11.

Slide the inverter board to the right.

STEP 12.

Lift up the left side of the inverter board.

STEP 13.

Remove inverter board from the mounting bracket.

Now you can replace the inverter board with a new one if needed.

In this guide I explain how to remove and replace the LCD screen in a Dell Latitude D620 laptop.

The LCD screen removal steps will be very similar for many other Dell laptop. If this guide works for your laptop, please mention the model number in comments after the post.

If you need a new LCD screen or inverter for your Dell Latitude D620 laptop, you can find it here for about $70-80.

STEP 1.

There are six screw seals on the LCD screen bezel. Remove all six seals and screws found under them.

You can remove the screw seal with a sharp object or small flat head screwdriver. The seal bottom is sticky. Glue all screw seals somewhere on the screen bezel so they don’t get lost.

STEP 2.

Start separating the screen bezel from display cover with your fingers.

STEP 3.

Remove the screen bezel.

STEP 4.

Remove six screws securing the LCD screen mounting brackets to the display cover.

STEP 5.

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

STEP 6.

Now you can access the back side of the LCD screen and video cable.

The video cable has two connectors. One of them is connected to the inverter board and another one to the LCD screen.

STEP 7.

Disconnect the small connector from the inverter board.

STEP 8.

Disconnect another connector from the LCD screen.

STEP 9.

Remove the LCD screen assembly from the laptop.

STEP 10.

If you are replacing the LCD screen, you’ll have to transfer both mounting brackets to the new screen. Each bracket is secured by a few screws.

In Dell laptops the inverter board is attached to the bottom of the LCD screen.

Even though it looks like the inverter board is a part of the LCD screen, it’s possible to remove the inverter and replace it separately.

In one of the previous posts I explain how to remove and replace the keyboard in a Dell Latitude D620 laptop.

In this guide I explain how to remove and replace the broken LCD screen in a Gateway M7 series laptop. I’m fixing a Gateway M-6846 laptop. It also says Model No.: SA1 on the bottom. Most likely my guide will works for some other Gateway laptops. If it works for you, please mention the laptop model number in the comments below.

Need spare parts for a Gateway M-series laptop? Search for spare parts here.

Turn off the laptop, unplug the power adapter and remove the battery.

STEP 1.

There are three hinge covers on the bottom of the display panel. We’ll have to remove these covers first.

Insert a sharp object under the hinge cover and lift it up. Continue removing the cover with your fingers.

The hinge cover has been removed.

Remove two other hinge covers.

STEP 2.

There are six screw covers on the screen bezel.

Remove screw covers with a sharp object.

Remove all six screws found under the covers.

STEP 3.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover.

Continue removing the screen bezel.

The screen bezel has been removed.

STEP 4.

The screen inverter board mounted below the LCD screen.

Remove one screw securing the inverter board.

Unplug the LCD screen backlight cable from the right side of the inverter board.

I’m not replacing the inverter board, so I’m not disconnecting the cable on the left side.

STEP 5.

Remove six screws securing the LCD screen hinges and mounting bracket.

Before you can separate the LCD screen assembly from the display cover, you’ll have to unplug cable from the webcam board.

Now you can separate the screen assembly from the display cover and access the video cable connection on the back of the screen.

Unplug video cable from the LCD screen connector.

STEP 6.

Remove two screws securing LCD screen to the mounting  bracket.

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

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

I found a new LCD screen for my Gateway M-6846 laptop here. If you have a different Gateway laptop, just search by the model number.

In the next guide I explain how to remove and replaced defective keyboard in Gateway M-Series laptop.

The LCD screen doesn’t work because the video cable got disconnected from the motherboard.

I have seen a problem like that on a few different Satellite L305D laptops. Not sure why it’s happening but check this out.

In order to access the video cable connector you’ll have to remove the keyboard first.

Using a sharp object lift up and remove the keyboard bezel.

Under the bezel you’ll find two screws securing the motherboard. Remove both screws.

Lift up the keyboard and place it upside down on the palm rest. Be careful, the keyboard is attached to the motherboard.

You’ll find the video cable connector under the keyboard.

If you look very closely, you’ll see that the video cable is half way out of the connector on the motherboard.

Plug the video cable back into the connector and test the laptop now. Does it help?

My previous post explains how to fix power port in Toshiba Satellite L305/L305D laptops.

Today I explain how to remove and replace the broken display hinge in an Acer Extensa 4620z laptop. If this guide works for your Acer laptop and it’s not Extensa 4620z, please mention the model number in comments below.

In this particular laptop I’m replacing the right hinge.

Before you start, turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

Need spare parts for Acer Extensa laptop? Find spare parts here.

STEP 1.

Insert a small flat head screwdriver under the hinge cover and lift it up. The hinge cover is a part of the keyboard cover.

STEP 2.

Remove the keyboard cover.

When the keyboard/hinge cover is removed you can see that the right display hinge is broken. The bottom part of the broken hinge is still connected to the base assembly and the top part is mounted to the display.

STEP 3.

Remove screws securing display hinges to the bottom of the laptop. If you are replacing only one hinge, remove only one screw.

STEP 4.

There are six screws securing the screen bezel. All six screws are hidden under rubber covers.

You can remove screw covers with a sharp object. Glue screw covers somewhere on the screen bezel so you don’t lose them.

STEP 5.

Start separating the screen bezel from cover with your fingers.

STEP 6.

Continue separating the screen bezel and finally remove it from the laptop.

STEP 7.

While removing the screen bezel, I dislocated the display latch assembly. If you did so, put it back in place.

STEP 8.

Remove three screws securing the broken display hinge.

STEP 9.

Remove the bottom part of the broken hinge.

STEP 10.

Remove the top part of the broken hinge.

STEP 11.

Install a new hinge into the display and secure it with screws.

The broken display hinge has been replaced. You can use same steps to remove and replace the left hinge if needed.

Assemble the laptop back together.

Also, you can use this guide for removing and repolacing laptop screen and inverter board.

In the following guide I will remove and replace the power board in an Acer TravelMate 3260 series laptop. Most likely my guide will work for some other Acer TravelMate laptops but I don’t know all models. If this guide fits your laptop, please mention the model number in comments after the post.

In Acer TravelMate 3260 laptop power from AC adapter goes to the motherboard through the power board. When the power board goes bad, the laptop stops working at all and appears to be dead. In order to get access and replace the power board we’ll have to disassemble the entire laptop.

STEP 1.

If you need spare parts for your Acer TravelMate 3260, you can find them here.

First of all, turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

Remove two screws securing the switch cover on the back of the laptop.

STEP 2.

Start removing the switch cover and lift it up by the hinge cover.
Continue removing the cover with your hinges.

STEP 3.

Remove the switch cover.

STEP 4.

Remove two screws securing the keyboard.

STEP 5.

Carefully lift up the keyboard from the laptop base and place it upside down on the palm rest so you can access the cable connector underneath.

STEP 6.

You have to unlock the connector before you can pull the cable and remove the keyboard.

On the picture below you see connector in the unlocked position.
Pull the cable and remove the keyboard.

The keyboard has been removed.

STEP 7.

Remove the hard drive and memory/Wi-Fi covers.

STEP 8.

Remove one screw securing the hard drive assembly.

STEP 9.

Pull the hard drive to the left and disconnect it from the motherboard.
Remove the hard drive from the laptop.

STEP 10.

Remove one screw securing the optical CD/DVD drive to the base.
Push the drive from the laptop with your finger.
Remove optical drive from the laptop.

It is not necessary to disconnect memory modules, wireless card, modem card and CMOS (RTC) battery for the purpose of my guide . You can leave them connected to the motherboard.

STEP 11.

Remove all marked screws from the bottom of the laptop.
Disconnect cables I pointed with yellow arrows.
Disconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card (green arrows).

STEP 12.

Remove one screw from the back side of the laptop.

STEP 13.

Disconnect the video cable connector.
Unroute both Wi-Fi antenna cables and pull them through the opening in the motherboard.
Remove four screws securing LCD panel hinges.

STEP 14.

Remove the LCD panel.

STEP 15.

Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.
Disconnect the touchpad cable.

STEP 16.

Start separating the top cover assembly from the laptop base.

STEP 17.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 18.

Remove two screws securing the motherboard.

STEP 19.

Start removing the motherboard from the top left corner.

Release and lift up the top right corner of the board.

Carefully pull the motherboard from the base assembly.

STEP 20.

On the picture below you see the power board attached to the motherboard.

The DC power jack and power switch are located on the power board. If the DC power jack is broken, you can repair it using this technique.

Remove two screws securing the power board.

Disconnect the power board from the motherboard.

The power board part number is printed right in the middle. It’s DA0ZR1PB6D1 (REV:D). You can find a replacement power board here.

STEP 21.

While the motherboard is removed from the base, you can clean the cooling module.
Loosen six screws securing the heat sink assembly.
Disconnect fan cable from the motherboard.

Remove the heat sink assembly and blow off dust using compressed air.

In the following guide I explain how to remove and replace damaged LCD screen in HP G50/G60/G70 notebooks. I’m installing a new LCD screen into a HP G50 notebook but all disassembly steps should be almost the same or at least very similar for HP G60 and G70.

By the way, HP G50/G60/G70 notebooks also known as Compaq Presario CQ50, Presario CQ60 and Presario CQ70.

In most notebooks you can replace the LCD screen without separating the display panel from the base but not in HP G50/G60/G70. In order to replace LCD screen in these models we’ll have to remove the keyboard, keyboard cover and display panel. Let’s start replacing the screen.

Need spare parts for your HP laptop? Search by the part name or number here. You can find the HP spare part number in the service manual. I linked to service manuals at the end of this guide.

STEP 1.

Turn off the laptop and remove the battery.
Remove one screw securing the Wi-Fi cover and remove the cover.
It is not necessary to remove the memory and hard drive covers. I marked them just for your convenience.

STEP 2.

Remove three (yellow) screws securing the keyboard.
Remove four (red) screws securing the keyboard cover.

If you are using this guide for replacing the keyboard, you have to remove only three (yellow) screws.

In G50 and G60 the keyboard screws are located in the battery compartment.
In G70 notebooks there are only two screws securing the keyboard and they are located on the bottom (there is a small keyboard stamped close to each screw).

STEP 3.

Carefully lift up the keyboard from the base.

STEP 4.

Place the keyboard so you can access the cable connector underneath.

You have to unlock the connector and release the cable before removing the keyboard.
Move the white clip about 2-3 millimeters towards the display panel and release the cable. Now you can remove the keyboard.

WARNING! The white clip must stay attached to the connector base. If you accidentally break the connector, you’ll have to replace the motherboard. If you work slowly, everything should be fine.

On the picture below the keyboard connector is shown in the unlocked state.

STEP 5.

Disconnect the switch board cable from the motherboard.

STEP 6.

Remove the keyboard cover.

STEP 7.

Turn the laptop upside down and disconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card.
Each antenna cable has a golden head. Grab the head with your fingers and lift it up.

STEP 8.

Disconnect the video cable connector from the motherboard.
Disconnect the webcam cable from the motherboard.
Pull two Wi-Fi antenna cables through the opening.

STEP 9.

Remove four screws securing the display panel hinges.

STEP 10.

Lift up and separate the display panel from the laptop base.

In the following steps we will disassemble the display panel and remove the LCD screen.

STEP 11.

There are two screw seals located in the lower left and right corners.

Remove these seals with a sharp object and remove screws found under the seals.

STEP 12.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover.

Continue separating the bezel.

The screen bezel has been removed.

STEP 13.

The screen inverter board is mounted below the screen. The inverter is locked between plastic brackets.

You can remove and replace the inverter board without removing the LCD screen. Simply pull the inverter board from the cover and disconnect connectors on both ends.

STEP 14.

Remove two screws securing the right display hinge.

Remove the right hinge.

STEP 15.

Remove two screws securing the left display hinge.

Remove the left hinge.

STEP 16.

Remove the inverter board from the cover and disconnect one connector from the right side. By the way, this is the backlight lamp connector.

STEP 17.

Remove two screws securing the LCD screen on the top.

STEP 18.

Now you can separate the LCD screen from the display cover and access the video cable.

My HP G50 notebook didn’t have the webcam installed and the webcam cable was taped to the display cover.
If you have a HP G60/G70 notebook, most likely it came with the webcam. You’ll have to disconnect the cable from the webcam before disconnecting the video cable.

STEP 19.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connector and unplug cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 20.

Now you can remove the LCD screen from the cover.

If you are replacing the screen, you’ll have to transfer the left and right mounting brackets to the new screen.
Remove three screws securing the bracket and remove the bracket. Do the same with the other side.

The LCD screen model number is located on the sticker. In my laptop I had a screen with the following model number: B154EW08 v.1

The best way to find a new LCD screen for your laptop is either searching by the  LCD model number (shown in the picture above) or using the HP part number.

The HP part numbers for LCD screen and other parts can be found in service manuals and here they are.

Service manual for HP G50 or Compaq Presario CQ50 (page 57).
Service manual for HP G60 or Compaq Presario CQ60 (page 4-23).
Service manual for HP G70 or Compaq Presario CQ70 (page 4-20).

After you find the spare part number for LCD screen or any other part, you can search for a new replacement part here. You’ll find many cheap LCD screen replacements.

In the following guide I explain how to replace the left hinge in a HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop.
Broken left hinge is a known issue with HP Pavilion dv9000/dv9100/dv9200/dv9400 series laptops. A while ago HP was fixing this issue at no charge under the service enhancement program. This program has expired on May 31, 2009 and now you are on your own.

I believe this guide will work with some other HP Pavilion laptops even though replacement part numbers can be different. If it works for you, please mention the laptop model number in the comments below.

I will explain how to find correct parts for this repair at the end of the guide.

STEP 1.

Remove six screws located in the battery compartment. These screws secure the switch cover.

STEP 2.

Remove the switch cover and place it upside down on the keyboard. Be careful because the switch cover is attached to the motherboard via a flat ribbon cable.

For more detailed instructions for removing the switch cover please check out my previous guide about removing the keyboard.

STEP 3.

Remove five screws seals from the display bezel.
Remove all five screws found under these seals.

STEP 4.

Remove display bezel.

You’ll find more detailed instructions for removing the bezel in my previous post about removing and replacing the LCD screen.

When you remove the display bezel, you can take a closer look at the left hinge damage.

STEP 5.

Disconnect the screen backlight connector from the right side of the inverter board.
Remove six screws securing display hinges. Three screws from each hinge.

STEP 6.

Now you can separate the display cover from the LCD screen and access the video cable.
Remove sticky tape securing the connection and unplug the video cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 7.

Remove two screws from each side of the screen. These screws securing the LCD screen to the hinge brackets.

STEP 8.

Remove the LCD screen.

STEP 9.

Remove three screws securing the left hinge.

By the way, the display part number is located on a sticker glued to the video cable connector. Write down the display part number because you’ll need it later in order to find correct hinges for your laptop. In my laptop the display part number is 432949-001.

STEP 10.

Remove the left hinge assembly from the laptop.

STEP 11.

Separate the hinge cover from the hinge.

The broken left hinge is removed and ready to be replaced with a new one.

Unfortunately, in my laptop I found another damaged part, it’s the display cover.

All four screw anchors are missing and if I assemble the display panel like that, I will not be able to screw the left hinge to the display cover. The display cover has to be replaced too.

After you remove the LCD screen, it’s very easy to replace the display cover. Simply unglue the wireless card antenna cables, microphone cable, webcam cable (if you have any) from the cover and replace the cover with a new one.

How to find new hinges and display cover.

HP uses different LCD screens in Pavilion dv9000/dv9100/dv9200/dv9400 laptops. Some LCD screens come with single lamp, others come with dual lamp.

I found all LCDs listed in the service manual for HP Pavilion dv9000 and dv9200 on the page 151. By the way, for dv9100 and dv9400 HP links to the same manual and I assume you can use same part number for these models too.

Display Assembly Spare Part Number Information
For use with full-featured computer models (includes camera, camera cable, and microphones)
17.0-inch, SXGA+, TFT Single Lamp with BrightView – 432947-001
17.0-inch, WXGA+, TFT Single Lamp with BrightView – 432946-001
17.0-inch, WXGA+, TFT Dual Lamp with BrightView – 432948-001

For use with de-featured computer models (includes microphones)
17.0-inch, SXGA+, TFT Single Lamp with BrightView – 432950-001
17.0-inch, WXGA+, TFT Single Lamp with BrightView – 432949-001
17.0-inch, WXGA+, TFT Dual Lamp with BrightView – 432951-001

In the step 9 I found that I have 432949-001 screen installed in my laptop, so I have to use hinges and cover for screens with single lamp.

You’ll find part numbers for display hinges and display cover (enclosure) on the page 87 in the same manual.

Display Hinge Kit (includes left and right display hinges)
For use with Dual Lamp display panels – 432964-001
For use with Single Lamp display panels – 432963-001

Display enclosures
For use with Dual Lamp display panels – 432958-001
For use with Single Lamp display panel – 432957-001

I already ordered new hinges and display cover and install them soon.

Today I will be removing and replacing the LCD screen in an IBM ThinkPad T43p laptop. You can use same set of instructions for ThinkPad T43 and some other IBM (now Lenovo) laptops.

Failure description: the laptop starts with a reddish screen (white color appear to be pink). After a minute or two the backlight goes completely off but you still can see a very faint image on the screen if you look very closely. When you restart the laptop, the screen lights up again but a minute later the light goes off.

Solution: the laptop has a failing backlight lamp which is a part of the LCD screen. The whole screen has to be replaced.

You can try replacing just the backlight lamp without replacing the screen, but it’s not easy and should be done only by an experienced technician.

Let’s disassemble the display panel and remove the LCD screen.

STEP 1.

Carefully remove four screw seals from the bottom part of the display bezel.

You can remove them with a sharp object.

Remove all four screws found under the seals.

STEP 2.

Remove three screws (found under seals) from the left side of the display panel.

STEP 3.

Remove four screws (found under seals) from the right side of the display panel.

STEP 4.

The display bezel is glued to the LCD screen with sticky tape. You can separate the bezel using a guitar pick (as I do) or another piece of plastic.
Insert the guitar pick between the display bezel and screen and carefully move it along the side until the bezel is separated.

STEP 5.

Continue removing the display bezel with your fingers.

STEP 6.

The screen inverter is mounted under the bezel and can be replaced without removing the bezel completely. I’ll remove the display bezel because I have to replace the LCD screen.

STEP 7.

The display bezel has been removed.

STEP 8.

In order to confirm the backlight lamp failure I did the following experiment.
I unpluged the LCD screen from the right side of the inveter board and pluged in an known good backlight lamp. After that I turned on the laptop and tested it with my backlight lamp for about 10 minutes. My backlight lamp didn’t turn off and worked fine all time. That means the backlight lamp inside the screen is bad.

If your laptop doesn’t work with a known good backlight lamp, most likely you have a problem with the inverter board.

STEP 9.

Unplug the inverter board from the video cable.
Remove the inverter board.

Do you need a new inverter board? Find a new inverter here.

STEP 10.

Carefully separate the LCD screen from the display cover. Do not forget to release the cable with night lamp. Simply pull the cable from the display cover.

STEP 11.

Now you can access the back side of the LCD screen and unplug the screen cable.

Remove sticky tape securing the connection and pull the cable connector from the LCD screen.

STEP 12.

Remove the LCD screen from the laptop.

The LCD screen has been removed.

Be careful with this piece of plastic. Try not to remove it from the display because it will take some time to figure out how to connect it back together.
I believe this piece of plastic is designed to prevent the screen cable from breaking when you close the display.

STEP 13.

Remove two screws securing the display mounting brackets.
Remove the bracket and move it to a new LCD screen.
Do the same with the bracket on the other side of the screen.

You can find a new LCD screen using two different part numbers from the back side of the defective screen:
1. The model number of the LCD screen. In my laptop it is N150U3-L01
2. FRU part number. In my laptop it is 92P6753.

Looking for a new screen for your IBM ThinkPad T43/T43p laptop? You can find a brand new screen here.

Let’s start with the hidden internal memory slot. In order to access the hidden slot we’ll have to remove the keyboard.

Make sure the laptop is turned off and the battery is removed.

STEP 1.

Insert a small flat head screwdriver between the speaker cover and laptop base. Lift up and remove the speaker cover.

STEP 2.

Remove two screws securing the keyboard. Release the latch located above the key F8 and lift up the keyboard.

STEP 3.

It is not necessary to disconnect the keyboard while accessing the internal memory slot. Simply turn the keyboard upside down and place it on the palm rest.
The internal memory slot is hidden under a metal cover. Remove two screws and remove the cover.

STEP 4.

Remove the original memory module installed into the internal slot. In my laptop I had a 512MB module installed.

STEP 4.

Install a new 1GB memory module into the internal slot.
Install the metal cover, keyboard and speaker cover.

Now we’ll move to the second slot located on the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 5.

Remove one screw securing the cover. Remove the cover.

STEP 6.

In my laptop this memory slot was not occupied.

Install another 1GB module into the bottom slot.

That’s it!

Both memory modules should be detected and configured automatically as soon as you turn on the laptop. You can check memory size in the BIOS setup menu or System Properties.

Toshiba Satellite M100/M105 will take up to 2GB memory total. You can install up to 1GB memory module into each slot. Use DDR2 PC-5300 SODIMM modules. You can install faster memory, for example DDR2 PC-6400 but it will slow down and run at PC-5300 speed.