HomeIn the following guide I will be removing the LCD screen, inverter board and display hinges from a Compaq Presario F700 laptop. The display disassembly steps will be very similar for Compaq Presario F500, HP G6000 and some other HP/Compaq laptops. If this guide works for you, please mention your laptop model in the comments below.
If you want to replace the LCD screen or inverter board, it’s not necessary to remove the whole display panel as it shown on the picture above. You can do that while the display panel is still attached to the laptop base.
If you want to replace display hinges, you’ll have to remove the display panel first.
You can find the display panel removal instruction in my previous disassembly guide for a Comapq Presario F700 notebook. Follow steps 6-12 to remove the display panel assembly.
DISPLAY DISASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS.
STEP 1.
Using a sharp object remove eight screw seals from the display bezel. Remove eight screws found under the seals.
STEP 2.
Start separating the display bezel from the cover with your fingers.
Continue removing the bezel.
The display bezel has been removed.
STEP 3.
The screen inverter board is mounted below the LCD screen. Disconnect cables from both sides of the inverter board and remove the inverter.
The screen inverter has been removed.
STEP 4.
Remove six screws securing the display hinges to the display cover.
STEP 5.
Now you can remove the LCD screen assembly which includes the LCD screen, LCD cable and hinges.
STEP 6.
Now you can access and remove the LCD cable.
- Unplug the LCD cable from the screen.
- Remove yellow tape securing the cable.
- Remove the cable.
STEP 7.
Remove two screws securing one of the display hinges and remove the hinge.
Do the same with the second hinge.
Both display hinges have been removed.
STEP 8.
Now you can replace the LCD screen with a new one if needed. You can find a new replacement LCD screen for Compaq Presario F700 laptop here for less than $70.
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August 5th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Thanks for these instructions. The step-by-step with pics are about as good as you can get. One extra hint – If you’re removing the screen while still attached to the laptop removing the rounded bottom section of the bezel is easy by inserting your small philips screwdriver between the bezel and the laptop base and prying the bezel up. It snaps free pretty nicely.
Thanks again.
July 19th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Amazing instructions on how to replace the screen! I had stepped on the screen on accident while it was on the ground and the screen was all cracked. I lived with it for about a year, until I got sick of it and decided to replace it. Instructions were easy to follow and the pictures and labeling really helped with the taking apart process. Thanks for making this!
July 2nd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Thank you very, very much for these instructions. Especially the pictures, that makes the whole thing invaluable. Thanks to you, I was able to repair my sister’s laptop–it had been dropped (not very hard or far) and the inverter board had become unplugged at one end. It is now working again, thanks to you!
And also thanks to Heather, up above me. Getting the humped part of the bezel off is indeed tricky, and I had to attack it from behind/underneath with a little screwdriver. The whole time you’re working on it, you’re hearing these tiny snapping sounds, and you don’t know whether you’re detaching it, or just breaking it. But it went back on quite easily!