Broken laptop screen

andypp_2

Hi. I (stupidly) picked my laptop up by the screen and now it has broken. The outside is undamaged however on the inside it has what appears to be two cracks -black lines- down the screen.
Also 3/4 of the screen has lots of coloured lines running down it, like a barcode, while the other 1/4 is normal.
Can anyone tell me if this is repairable. It is a packard bell, easynote E6100.
Thanks for any help.

albertross_2

not cheaply, try ebay for a new screen, or buy a new dell for £300-350.

Does you house insurance cover accidental damage?

PierceUK

Your laptop screen has cracked and the liquid crystal inside is leaking out (inside the glass still)

it is re-pairables but normally takes a whole new screen. call pc world see if they cover it (not very likely but a complaint to head office can help)

if not its gonna cost you. throught the offical manufacture you can be looking at between £200 and £500 depending on how mean they are.

might have a look at getting your own monitor to replace it with yourself.

Quincy_3

House Insurance?

payless

Did you get this as part of the £289 deal ...

Assuming you can't buy a 2nd hand screed

If so do you think this piece of kit is really good enough to justify the repair costs
... selling the bits might go a long way towards paying for a new laptop ... have you seen how much that DVDrw drive is ....

andypp_2

£289? I wish. I paid over £500 for this in March 2005.
Unfortunately it is not covered by any insurance.
I have connected an old moniter up to the laptop to be able to use it as buying a new one is not possible at the moment.

payless

Oh...

I only asked, as a number of us got them around then as part of PC World click and collect promotion ... 1/2 ( inflated) price

Good price at £289..... glad i did not pay much more though .. mine overheats and got a poor battery life


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hint on looking on ebay for 2nd hand screen ... type in things like "faulty laptop" or NEC screen