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Acer netbook swap screen?

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aliasojo
aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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I have 2 identical Acer netbooks. One works well but has a cracked screen, the other has many problems across the board.

How easy or difficult would it be to swap the screens so that the one that worked well had the good screen and the 'bad' unit had the cracked one?

Is this something I could do simply or is it a 'send away for repair job?
Herman - MP for all! :)

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,693 Forumite
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    aliasojo wrote: »
    I have 2 identical Acer netbooks. One works well but has a cracked screen, the other has many problems across the board.

    How easy or difficult would it be to swap the screens so that the one that worked well had the good screen and the 'bad' unit had the cracked one?

    Is this something I could do simply or is it a 'send away for repair job?

    Swap the disks ... simples
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    There are more issues with the 'bad' unit than just with the disk though.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,693 Forumite
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    aliasojo wrote: »
    There are more issues with the 'bad' unit than just with the disk though.

    OK have a look at this video here
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  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    Easy to do, plenty of Youtube videos. Shouldn't take you longer than 30 minutes.
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Thank you both. Will give it a go.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • CashStrappedTeen89
    CashStrappedTeen89 Posts: 363 Forumite
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    aliasojo wrote: »
    Thank you both. Will give it a go.

    I do this quite a bit at work, ill just see take your time especially with the plastic facia, if it doesnt come off easy ish dont pull harder, plastic facia bits easily break. Good Luck!
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