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This guide explains how to remove a damaged LCD screen from an Acer Aspire 5670 or Aspire 5620 laptop.
All following disassembly steps should be the same or very similar for Acer TravelMate 4210/4270/4670 series laptops. If this guide works for any other model, please mention the model number in the comments below.
You can save hundreds of dollars by replacing a damaged or failed LCD screen yourself but you have to be very careful. Proceed on your own risk.
Let’s go through the disassembly process step-by-step. Turn off the laptop, unplug the AC adapter and remove the battery. Make sure the laptop is completely off.
STEP 1.
There are six screw covers (caps) on the screen bezel. Remove all screw covers with a sharp object.
The bottom part of the screw cover is sticky. You can glue all screw covers to the display bezel so they don’t get lost during the disassembly process.
Remove all six screws found under those screw covers.
STEP 2.
Carefully separate the top part of the LCD screen bezel from the display cover.
Continue removing the bezel.
STEP 3.
The LCD screen bezel has been removed.
The screen inverter is mounted below the LCD screen. It’s not necessary to remove the LCD screen in order to replace the inverter. Simply disconnect cables from both sides of the inverter and replace the failed inverter with a new one if needed.
STEP 4.
Remove all screws securing both display hinges.
In some models, there could be two more screws securing the LCD screen on the top of the display assembly (on the left and right sides from the web camera).
STEP 5.
If you didn’t remove screen inverter in the step 3, then you’ll have to disconnect one cable from the right side of the inverter. This is the LCD screen backlight lamp cable.
STEP 6.
Carefully separate the LCD screen from the display cover and access the back side of the screen.
Disconnect the video cable from the LCD screen.
STEP 7.
Remove four screws securing the LCD screen to the hinge brackets. There are two screws on each side of the screen.
Now you can remove the damaged or failed LCD screen and replace it with a new screen.
You can search for a new LCD screen for Acer Aspire 5670 here and Acer Aspire 5620 here.
You can watch a video tutorial made by SparePartWorld.com here.
April 27th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Thank you for this post!
My screen was getting very very dark after a few minutes.
Researched this problem on the Internet and found that I have a bad inverter.
Replaced inverter myself and now the screen works perfectly!!!!
Thanks again.
July 2nd, 2010 at 2:18 am
Thank you for the help. Putting a new bulb in my Acer will be easy.
July 30th, 2010 at 5:17 am
This is a very nice guide !
However, I’m in need of another piece of information:
My laptop’s motherboard got fried, so I want to convert the screen’s 30-pinned plug to a VGA-cable + power source.
However, I can’t seem to find the pin-out for the screen anywhere.
Details:
* Type: Acer Aspire 1692
* Warranty: expired
* VGA pinout: http://www.consolegames.ro/forum/attachments/f9-microsoft-xbox-360/21857d1241344056-xbox-360-audio-video-mod-vga_pinout.jpg
* Screen type: I’ll add this later, if you need it.
* Screen size: 15.4″
A donation is imminent after providing me with a pinout for the screen
It sure is cheaper than buying a new 15.4″ screen!
Also, I’d love to get my laptopkeyboard to work separately, or would I need specific hardware to interpret the signals sent from the keyboard? (Probably on the motherboard, which is, as I already mentioned, fried).
Kind regards,
Peter
November 11th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Hi Guys!
I am from Germany and got an Acer TravelMate 5624. The Problem is, that the fan isnt be able to cool the CPU anymore , so i want to open it and clean it.
However, i tried to open it very carefully but got stuck at the point, were the Motherboard is connected to the Keyboard. It is a very special Laptop how i noticed and as i have no clue how to solve this problem, it would be genially if you could help me. It seems that there is no way to disconnect the Keyboard from the top platform of the laptop, so that i cant touch the point where cables and motherboard are connected. Maybe you have already dissambled an 5624 and are able to help me.
Greetings from Germany so far!
March 24th, 2011 at 1:51 am
i was able to successfully replace the LCD screen for my acer aspire 5730z laptop. The only exceptions to the instructions are:
step1: there are four screws, one at each corner of the LCD screen bezel.
step 5: after removing LCD screen bezel, unscrew mounting screw for inverter to unplug male plug on right side of inverter. That male plug is connected to the LCD screen and cannot be removed without removing the inverter mounting screw. The inverter can remain plugged in on the left which leads to the main cabling from the motherboard.
Other than that, the instructions and pictures were a great asset to the replacement procedure. Two thumbs-up!
March 24th, 2011 at 8:12 am
david,
Thank you very much for your generous donation!