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.
January 13th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
christian,
Yes, these wires are connected to the backlight lamp inside the screen.
No, you cannot. At least it didn’t work for me. I tried it on a few good working laptops and it didn’t work for me.
The only good and reliable way would either replacing the inverter board with a good test board or plug in another working backlight lamp.
I’m testing backlight failures with a known good backlight lamp. I simply unplug two cables from the right side of the inverter and plug in my test backlight instead.
January 13th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Can I check if my inverter board for my Acer aspire 1694wlmi is working correctly?
I have seen two wires coming out from the right part of the inverter board one white and one pink wire. Are these wires connected to the backlight of my laptop? Could I measure the voltage between these wires to see if the inverter board is working correctly and what voltage should I read with a multimeter?
January 11th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Vue,
You can buy a new screen on ebay for less than $70. I linked to the LCD screens in the pos (above the last picture).
January 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Rob N,
So, you replaced LCD inverter and backlight lamp but still experiencing the same problem? Apparently there is something wrong with the motherboard/video card.
January 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Christian,
Sounds like a problem with the iverter board. I would definately try replacing the ivnerter board first. If a new inverter doesn’t fix the problem, the next part to blame would be the backlight lamp. The backlight lamp is mounted inside the LCD screen and is very hard to replace. From my experience, inverter failures are more common than backlight failures.
Why not? If you can find a cheap inverter and replace it yourself you have very good cahnces to fix it.
January 11th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Thank you, for the directions on how to take it apart, but i was wondering…since I don’t know much about what kind of laptop screen brand i should get to replace it with…and it’s a Aspire 5100, so if you can give some sites on where to grab these tools to replace the items would be nice.
Thanks.
January 10th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Acer aspire 5610 got water spashed into the video port area. Screen went blank but machine recovered ok. I can see the screen with sunlight or flashlight. I replaced the lcd inverter and backlight bulb. Running an external monitor works just fine. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:12 am
I need help regarding my computer.
When I start up my Acer Aspire 1694WLMI I could see the Acer logo on the laptop. But after a while the screen turns black. If I tilt my screen I could see some pictures with say an intensity of a few percentages (very hard to see). But the s-video connected to my TV works perfect. I have also tried to adjust the picture by pressing FN+arrow and FN+F5 but with no picture on the laptop? I have also connected an external monitor but this only shows a picture lasting a second after I have pressed Fn+F5. There after it is black. The only thing that works is the screen on the TV connected to the s-video out! I have tested the above with my battery disconnected.
What is the problem is it the laptop screen or inverter etc? The laptop screen looks normal at start up the first seconds or so then it is totally black.
How to fix this problem?
How much does it cost to fix this problem by Acer
service or my self?
Is it worth fixing the problem (the laptop is 5 years old)?
How to get spare parts if necessary?
I would appreciate a fast response and a detailed answer.
Chris
January 7th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Have an Acer 3680-2249 with a cracked screen.
Your site was very helpful with very detailed pictures to assist me in replacing the screen.
It took me only 15 mins to replace the screen
January 6th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Charnelle,
You mentioned at least different problems with your laptop:
1. Mouse pad stopped working.
2. Laptop will not start.
3. Blank screen with lines.
4. Making loud noise.
Could be anything: bad motherboard, defective LCD, bad fan and hard drive, etc… I cannot tell you what is wrong without looking at the laptop. There are too many different things going on at the same time.