HomeIn this tutorial I’ll explain how to remove LCD screen and replace inverter board in an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. This tutorial will work for many other Acer laptops with the same body.
In my previous article I was taking an Acer Aspire 5100 apart.
OK, let’s get inside the display assembly.
First of all, turn off the laptop, unplug AC adapter and remove the battery.
The screen bezel has four screws hidden under for seals. Two rubber seals on the top of the bezel and two plastic seals on the bottom.
You can remove all four screw seals with a sharp object as it shown on the picture below. Glue removed seals somewhere on the bezel so they don’t get lost.
Remove four screws found under seals.
Start remove the screen bezel with your fingers. Proceed slowly while removing the bezel.
Continue removing the screen bezel.
The bezel has been removed.
The inverter board is mounted below the laptop screen. If you are replacing the inverter board, you’ll have to separate the top cover from the screen first.
Remove four screws. Two of them securing display hinges and other two securing the inverter board.
Carefully separate the display cover from the screen and access the LCD cable connector.
You’ll have to unplug the LCD cable from the screen.
First, unglue the clear sticky tape securing the connection.
Second, unplug the LCD cable from the connector on the screen.
Now you can access the inverter board witch is still connected to the laptop by cables on both sides.
Carefully unplug cables from both sides of the inverter board.
Remove the screen inverter board and replace it with a new inverter.
Here’s how you can remove the LCD screen.
Simply remove four screws securing the LCD screen to the display hinge. Remove four more screws from the other side of the screen.
Now you can remove and replace the failed or cracked screen with a new LCD screen.
May 3rd, 2013 at 3:01 am
Merci pour ce tuto. J’ai remplace l’inveter en 5 mn. Thank you
February 20th, 2013 at 9:30 am
Excellent tutorial. Replaced a broken inverter in five minutes.
February 5th, 2013 at 2:17 pm
@ Ashley,
Instead of moving the entire display assembly try moving just the video cable. If video on the screen changes when the cable is moved, most likely the cable is defective. It’s possible you have two problems: failed video cable AND failed screen but it’s not likely.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Great tutorial… Mine loaded with a white boot screen (although you can see whats happening whith HDMI plugged in and connected to tv), I took a part and reseated the LCD connection on thop left by keyboard. Now it starts as black with some lines but when i pulve the screen back and forth it will change to what should be there on the bottom but still with lines… could the actual LCD Ribbon be bad?
October 18th, 2012 at 4:22 am
Im planning on trying to replace the inverter, but can anyone tell me where the small switch operated by the screen lidthat may be stuck is located at?
October 4th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Thanks,
this site gave me nice instructions what to do – although slightly different Acer model. Inverter board replaced, no change – then playing with small switch operated by screen lid pushbutton helped ! So happy now
September 19th, 2012 at 10:52 am
The bottom right corner of my screen on my Acer 5336 started getting hot and a black spot appears on the screen. The spot is no bigger than the tip of my thumb but is hot and it smells like something is burning. Could this be an inverter problem? We just got the inverter replaced withing the last 2 months because of the screen going black. Thanks
September 10th, 2012 at 7:52 am
@ gt23,
You are correct. Most likely it’s either failed inverter board or failed backlight lamp inside the screen.
There is no way you can tell which one is failing without testing the laptop with a known good inverter or backlight lamp.
If you don’t have spare parts, try replacing the inverter board first. It shouldn’t be very expensive. There is 50/50 chance it will fix the problem. If not, replace the screen.
Also, this could be motherboard related issue but it’s not very likely.
September 6th, 2012 at 6:16 am
Sir, my acer aspire a6935g has the screen completely dark,
PC turns on a regular, but you can see the screen only with a strong light in front.
I think it’s a problem of backlighting, perhaps the inverter or lamps. What can I do?
September 3rd, 2012 at 9:30 am
@ eric,
First, I would try replacing the memory module. If it doesn’t help, probably this is motherboard related failure.