Laptop screen often cracked easily. You can find a lot of How-to instruction online. Here is a personal experience shared with public. Replacing your laptop’s screen may seem like a job for the pros, but it’s a fairly easy procedure that you can complete in less than an hour. A set of jeweler’s screwdrivers is essential for removing the panel, however. I picked up a new 15.4-inch 1,280-by-1,024 replacement panel. Like Dell’s TruLife coating, PixelBright provides better viewing-angle performance and sharper image quality than traditional antiglare treatments. If your screen is in perfect working order and you just want a high-gloss finish, send your laptop in, and for $100 it will put a PixelBright coating on it.
Installation is basically the reverse of the removal process, and is just as easy. The toughest part is lining up the hinges with the panel frame; it took me three tries to get it right. The whole procedure took just 45 minutes from start to finish—including the search for a latch spring that popped out when I removed the broken screen.
1.Reveal all screws. Locate and remove the decorative tabs that hide the bezel screws. Remove all 12 screws and save them in a container.
2.Remove the bezel. Carefully remove the screen bezel and the latch assembly. Set them aside for safekeeping.
3.Extract the hinges. Remove the connecting hinges from the back of the laptop. Be careful not to lose the springs!
4.Protect your parts. Place a towel on the keyboard to help keep everything safe before tilting the LCD panel forward.
5.Take out the panel. Remove the mounting brackets and the power and video ribbon cables, then remove the entire panel.
6.Add the new panel. Install the mounting brackets on your new panel and place it face down on the keyboard. Attach the power and video connectors carefully.
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