Comments on: How to replace LCD screen and inverter board in Dell XPS M1530 laptop

By: mike ray

mike ray — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:14:08 +0000

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?

By: jose maria

jose maria — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:00:39 +0000

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

By: cris

cris — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:58:08 +0000

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

By: vahid

vahid — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:00:15 +0000

sorry i forget,
my laptop is XPS 1530

By: vahid

vahid — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:58:13 +0000

i Hope to get an answer here,

yesterday night i turn off my laptop and go to bed and this morning when i turn on it the display doesnt come on. everything works very well. i attched the laptop to a desktop LCD and laptop works well.
I disassemble the LCD and find that “lid switch” doesnt work, -when i close the lid nothing happens when i set it to shut down –

the screen is still dark and i cant see nothing in it even when using light.
what should i do know? how to check if the lid switch is healthy?

or the problem is another thing?!

By: John

John — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:10:44 +0000

XPS M1530
I connected external monitor and that works great. When I Fn + F8(CRT/LCD) it switches back but the Laptop flickers then goes black. Tested power OK, Laptop LCD needs to be troubleshooted. What can I do? Thanks for all your help.

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:07:25 +0000

Alec,

I reinstalled the nVidea drivers (because I’m daft), and now, nothing, blank white screen, and I can’t figure out what I did to get it to half work in the first place.

Any suggestions?

Can you boot your laptop with an external monitor and uninstall the nVidia driver in the device manager?

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:21:26 +0000

I replace my screen and inverter with compatible units – excellent instructions, btw!… When I turn on the computer, I get a blank WHITE screen. The whole panel is lit, just not displaying anything. The computer boots, just no boot screens, and no desktop. I plugged in an external monitor (works fine) and after futzing with it on & off for a few days, I managed to disable the nVidea driver (don’t ask me how, I have NO IDEA), and I was able to get my desktop to display. The display was across 75% of the screen horizontally and 95% of the screen vertically, but it worked-ish. I reinstalled the nVidea drivers (because I’m daft), and now, nothing, blank white screen, and I can’t figure out what I did to get it to half work in the first place.

Any suggestions?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:31:54 +0000

As it seems this comment field is rather active I will put my question here:
Is it possible to replace my current display (1280×800) with a higher resolution one (say 1680×1050 or 1920×1200) or do the replacement display have to have the same resolution as to original?

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:18:09 +0000

Mark,

Almost the entiry left half of the screen is darker than the right side. This is even during rebooting – not software related. Changing the brightness has no effect on the left side. I plugged in another VGA screen – works flawless. I guess it’s not the GPU.
Is it the LCD or the inverter? What do you think?

It’s not the GPU failure, that’s for sure.
Most likely it’s either bad backlight lamp inside the screen or faulty inverter. Which one is causing the problem? It’s hard to tell without testing the laptop with another good tested LCD screen.
If there is a visible vertical line dividing dark and bright sides, most likely this is LCD screen failure.
If the screen gets darker gradually, it’s either bad backlight lamp (probably getting old) or failed inverter (not providing correct voltage for the backlight lamp). Again, cannot tell without testing.
You can try replacing the inverter board first. They are pretty cheap. If it doesn’t work, replace the LCD screen. Make sure to find one with the inverter installed. In Dell laptops the inverter board must match the backlight lamp. Otherwise the screen brightness will not work properly.