Comments on: How to remove LCD screen and inverter from Dell Inspiron 9400

By: Jim C

Jim C — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:33:00 +0000

My Inspiron 9300 was developing the Dell infamous vertical line problem. I had an Inspiron E1705 that was not working so I thought I’d try swapping screens. Your instructions were perfect. Only problem was the inverter was bad on the 1705 so I had to duct tape the 9300 inverter to the 1705 screen since the mounting system was different. Works great! No more lines. And now I know what the problem was with the 1705.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:54:56 +0000

Dells version of this document..
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/sm/display.htm

By: Aydin

Aydin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:29:13 +0000

Is it possible to use LCD screen from my old Laptop (Dell 9400) as a secondary display? is it possible to convert connector to DVI or HDMI?

thanks

By: Ishar

Ishar — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:03:44 +0000

Pics were very useful, thanks. The only thing I’d add is that getting the front bezel off can be a bit frustrating, but is much easier if you pry the bottom section away from the LCD screen, which is very easily done, and then pull down and out on the bottom right-hand corner of the bezel to get it free. Otherwise, the whole thing is pretty straight forward.

For anyone else in my situation, if your Inspiron 9400 starts to gain a coloured hue (in my case, red/pink) and then blacks out completely, your LCD screen will likely need replacing and it’s MUCH cheaper to buy a replacement screen from some hardware supplier and then putting it in yourself than buying the part from DELL themselves (if you’re out of warranty).

By: Ron Marcotte

Ron Marcotte — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:09:32 +0000

The hinge on my Dell E1505 broke and I couldn’t shut the case. I got a new lid and hinges for $19.95 from Dell, but no instructions. Thanks for your presentation on the E1705! It was close enough to show me what I needed to know and everything is now fixed.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:24:25 +0000

Oops – forgot to say I replaced the inverter.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:23:44 +0000

Thanks so much. Fry’s quoted me $15 for the part and a minimum of $149 to look at the Dell 6400 I have with a screen gone dark. I did my research, found a part for $7 and it took all of 20 minutes for me – a 53 year old non-computer person to do it! I am so pleased with myself and the results. thanks again and cheers to what you do to help us poor saps save a little dough!!

By: Vianite

Vianite — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:10:32 +0000

In my case I replaced a 17 ” Phillips LG WUXGA with a Samsung screen. I did not need to replace the inverter. It did get a little complicated. The Phillips screen has the inverter attached to the metal frame whereas the Samsung does not. So once I had the screen free of the laptop my approach was to prise the metal bracket holding the inverter away from the metal frame which meant forcefully separating the rivets. Don’t be timid but be careful. The metal is quite soft so it can stand being bent around a bit. Once I had the inverter off still in its bracket I used double sided tape to reattach it in the same position on the Samsung screen but you have to be careful to align the screw holes at either end of the bracket because the bezel attaches to these and holds the inverter frame in place.

By: Deb L.

Deb L. — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:41:16 +0000

I have a Inspiron E1705 that the Boss dropped this morning.
The laptop boots with no problem. The screen however has issues
I’m getting lines going across like static and the left hand side is green.
When I plug in an external monitor the monitor shows no problem with
the laptop and I can work. Is just the LCD screen junk?

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:51:25 +0000

Dan B,

I got an altogether different LCD/inverter combo, made by Sharp, and it seems to work fine, with normal brightness control. Maybe the other inverter was faulty. Now I just have the odd finding of six “Default Monitors” in Device Manager. If I delete them, they all reappear when the system scans for hardware changes. The new display also seems to have somewhat muted colors. Maybe I’m just used to my old one or the color calibration needs to be adjusted and I haven’t found how to do that yet in XP. I’ve tried a couple different color profiles that were already installed, but they didn’t seem to make any difference.

Maybe you shout try uninstalling and reinstalling the video driver?