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.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Hi saved me some time to remove hard drive , however need tips how to get at left click button as this does not work anymore thanks Robbie
March 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Thanks again for a great guide. First you helped me change/replace my Acer 5100 keyboard, and now the lcd. I will let you know how I get on when i start work on it.
Thanks again.!
Micky
March 16th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I have an ACER 5100 that while viewing photos the screen went black. When I push the small plunger that senses the laptop screen to be closed the screen will reappear for a second or maybe two but it is dark in the left lower corner. I am able to use an external monitor without any difficulty. Should I start with the inverter? Thank you in advance.
March 7th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I was having problems with a Compaq 2100 15″ LCD that would sometimes come on when booting, most of the time not. When it did come on it would start good then get horizontal lines, then sections of horizontal lines then blank, but the back light would remain lit. After messing around with the inverter, I decided it was not that and since the backlite was on, it was good too. After much fiddling, it was discovered that ALL these symptoms were due to a poor connection of the power supply to the laptop’s connector. FYI
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 am
you’re right, my screen looks exactly as example 7.
now i know i have to replace the lcd… but probably i won’t, my laptop is too old for that kind of expensive surgery
anyway, most of the time i use it as a desktop pc with the external monitor.
thanks a lot for your time, you’re a great asset to the DIY community !! ^^
1001
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
1001,
If the video works fine when you apply pressure on the LCD controller board but it goes bad as soon as you release the pressure, most likely it’s related to the LCD controller board, which means you’ll have to replace the whole LCD screen. I’ve seen failures like that many times before.
You are right, it doesn’t sound like a bad video cable.
Take a look at this post: Laptop has bad video on the LCD screen. What is wrong?
I think your failure is similar to the example 7.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:48 am
Dear LapTech,
hi again,
i’ve figured it out that it may not be the video cable.
The reason why i’m saying this it’s because when i apply pressure over the circuit board behind the lcd screen (upper-left, looking the screen from the right side), it works fine.
Otherwise, when i don’t push the circuit board, it goes white, vertical color lines and other patterns…
am i right?
thanks.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Dear Laptop tech,
thanks responding to my post.
This site has been very helpful
~Blake.
February 26th, 2009 at 11:03 am
mcprgirl,
Shouldn’t be a problem.
Can you use the laptop with an external monitor? Can you see external video?
I’m just trying to figure out if your problem is related to the inverter or not.
When you have a bad inverter board, the laptop will work and the screen will be very dim, but you still should be able to use the laptop with an external monitor. Can you?
February 26th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Your instructions are great. I have an Acer Aspire 5100 and I bought a new iPhone, during synch it screwed up my laptop. My monitor went black and my computer stopped booting. I replaced the hard drive and decided since I was adding new parts to upgrade the memory. I tried to get my laptop running again with the recovery cd’s my screen would show the acer splash screen and go black. I ordered a new inverter and just replaced that, now my computer boots but I haven’t been able to run the recovery cds as the screen is so dark that I can read what is on the screen. Getting frustrated now. I realized I forgot to disconnect the lcd cable connector before removing the old inverter and replacing it with the new one. Would that have any affect? Any suggestions?
Thanks for writing on this topic.