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The following set of instructions explains how to remove the LCD screen and inverter board from a Dell XPS M1530 laptop. You can disassemble the display panel without removing it from the laptop.
STEP 1.
Turn off the laptop and remove the battery.
There are no screws securing the screen bezel. Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover with your fingers.
STEP 2.
Continue removing the screen bezel on the top.
STEP 3.
Remove bezel from the hinges.
STEP 4.
The screen bezel has been removed.
STEP 5.
Remove six screws securing the LCD screen assembly.
STEP 6.
Separate LCD screen assembly from the display cover.
STEP 7.
Place the LCD screen assembly face down on the keyboard. Now you can access the back side of the screen and disconnect cables.
STEP 8.
Disconnect the video cable connector from the LCD screen controller board.
STEP 9.
Parts of the video cable could be glued to the screen. Unglue the cable.
STEP 10.
Disconnect cable from the inverter board.
STEP 11.
Remove the LCD screen assembly.
If you are replacing the LCD screen you’ll have to transfer mounting brackets from the old screen to a new one.
If you need a new LCD screen for your Dell XPS M1530 laptop, you can find it here for less than $100.
STEP 12.
It looks like the inverter board is a part of the LCD screen but it’s not. The inverter board can be removed and replaced separately.
Remove one screw securing the inverter board to the LCD bracket.
STEP 13.
Disconnect the screen backlight lamp cable from the left side of the inverter board.
In order to remove the inverter board, you’ll have to slide the inverter to the right side about 3-4 millimeters, lift up the left side of the inverter and remove it from the bracket.
The inverter board can be glued to the bracket, so work slowly.
Need an inverter board? Find a replacement inverter here.
In the previous guide I explain how to remove and clean the cooling fan in a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.
November 8th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
why on earth would there be a need to screw those screws in so stinkin’ tight? I got two out, but the others won’t budge. I have tried the rubber band thing and no go. This is hopeless.
November 8th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
I am trying to do this now. However, my screws are in there so tight that they are beginning to strip out. my hand hurts. Now what? help!!!!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Thank you so much for clear and concise instructions.
My laptop’s screen would sometimes flicker, hiss (at full brightness) and gradually get darker on the left side. I replaced the inverter using your guide and it appears to have fixed the issue.
Thanks again.
April 26th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
I want to thank you profusely for unimaginably clear, well explained, and detailed instructions. All I needed to do was change out the inverter board, and it all worked again.
A thousand times thank you.
March 7th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
@ Candolfo,
Most likely it happens because your new screen doesn’t match your original inverter. In Dell laptops they have to match.
That’s why when I buy a new replacement screen for Dell laptops I always look for a compatible part or one that comes with the inverter.
March 3rd, 2012 at 9:58 am
Hello,
Firstly I would like to thank you for this fantastic manual. I have changed the LCD screen of my XPS M1530 (WXGA+, CCFL True Life) following it without any problem, but right now I can’t change brightness from screen properties or in NVIDA panel control. I bought the new LCD here (Item ID: 283731).
I had to make some “manual modifications” in order to adapt the new screen to the old one assembly, because they were not extrictly equals. I had to remove the lcd assembly from the new one, and install that lcd in the assembly attached to the original, in order to save the support for the inverter.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
September 1st, 2011 at 8:14 am
I have a xps m1530. The lcd is fine but the backlighting is starting to go bad. one side of the screen is dimmer than the other. Can you give directions on how to replace the inverter and backlight?
July 4th, 2011 at 7:00 am
Hello,
I have a XPS M1530 laptop and some times the screen don’t work (external VGA and hdmi works well) if i do somethink like reinstall the bios it works other time for 2 or 3 days. I think that is not a temperature problem and also is not a failure connection. i need help
June 22nd, 2011 at 11:58 am
hi,
I need help. my laptop is xps m1530 i wonder what happen it has no display, i tried to reset, disconnect battery again and again. but still problem exist. when i hit the power button still no display, back light are ok. and i hearing a sound like its restarting over and over again for ever 3-5 minutes. i have a doubt that the video/graphics have overheated. need help.
-cris
June 22nd, 2011 at 4:00 am
sorry i forget,
my laptop is XPS 1530