Comments on: Taking apart display panel and replacing inverter on Dell Inspiron 8500 and 8600 series laptops

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:00:35 +0000

Excellent site, thanks for the great info.
Would it be possible for you to explain how to change the lcd hinges on an Inspiron 8500? From the pic It doesn’t look like it would be that difficult, but before I attempt it I just wanted to know if there are any tips that could help me out?

Thanks again,
Brian

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:17:21 +0000

It may be to late to help most of the folks above but this happen to my 8500 turns out it was the mechanical switch located on the board right below the screen. If you look closely these dells have a push pin that tells the monitor to go into sleep mode, what happen with mine was that this pin would get caught never release hince the black screen. Try that before going through anything else. Good luck

By: xipotec

xipotec — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:43:23 +0000

Awsome….7.99 and my wifes laptop is back in business. This site will comtinue to help people…nice job

By: Thom

Thom — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:50:51 +0000

Hello,

The Machine has sprung back to life. I replaced the Original inverter with a secondhand one from an Inspiron 6000. It had the same model No. and came with a Samsung screen. (My 8600 Screen is by Samsung) The design of my 8600 is alittle different from the American made 8600. A guy that I know in a local computer shop hooked up a voltage selector to the screen cables and was his opinion that the lamp inside the screen was fine.

The little thin hibernation ‘Stick’ near the power button can be problematic over time as it can also make the screen go black when it gets stuck.

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:47:28 +0000

Thom,

after finally getting the Inverter ‘off’ the screen, It was glued into a silver bracket! Anyway, I tested a few inverter’s and got mixed results, with one The screen came back to life but would flicker (As the voltage on this inverter is too low) I had the lamp tested and it was fine.

Are you sure the baclight lamp inside the LCD screen is good? How did you test the lamp?

By: Thom

Thom — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:54:01 +0000

Hey,,

Is there anybody out there?

an update: after finally getting the Inverter ‘off’ the screen, It was glued into a silver bracket! Anyway, I tested a few inverter’s and got mixed results, with one The screen came back to life but would flicker (As the voltage on this inverter is too low) I had the lamp tested and it was fine.
This will be the last ‘Hell’ machine I purchase.

Thom.

By: Thom

Thom — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:24:38 +0000

Hello,

Now my Dell 8600 Screen has gone Black, During start up the Dell post screen is visible for a second, then black again. The external video connector works flawlessly as does Windows XP so I suspect the inverter. I took it all apart to inspect cabling (My unit was made in Ireland and came with a wooden type top finish) all looks good.

The Inverter on my model is differnet from the images posted here, it seems to be hidden under a thin metal bracket secured by 2 of the tiniest micro philips screws I have ever seen, also the inverter itself is secured by yet another screw on this bracket, All screw drivers I have tried won’t fit. (There were no screws left & right of the Dell logo on the bezel – only rubber mats in a fake hole) and to be honest the bezel over the inverter always looked a bit ‘unsecured’. It looks like a little liquid may have gotten into it.

I need to know the correct model of the inverter as it seems this model 8600 has a number of different inverters) it is certainly thinner that the images shown here,

Any Idea’s?

By: Roshni

Roshni — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:18:54 +0000

Thanks a lot for your instruction manual with pictures. It really helped me when i was trying to replace the bezel of my laptop.

Thanx again..

By: rn

rn — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:48:11 +0000

So I took off the bezel and see the inverter but I absolutely cannot seem to unscrew it. Is there some special tool I need? Looks like a shallow Phillip’s head screw nothing I try works, using smalles I have from an eyeglass repair kit, it fits in slot but won’t turn it, just stripping the soft head of the screw.
Thanks

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:43:07 +0000

Rich Andrews, Thanks for the link, nice job. I mentioned your instructions in one of my posts here: How to replace screen inverter in Dell Latitude D800 laptop