screen broke - what do i do desperately - urgently

raq

morning

gutted to say the least. on wednesday evening my 8 year old fell onto the screen of our laptop. it didn,t smash but we have no full screen only a huge mark towards the right hand side of the screen, just like a rainbow. computer turns on and a sound coming from it. Sadly cannot operate it as you cannot see a thing

HELP. what do i do as I desperately need to do some work on it. I cried to be honest, although we know it was a very big accident

adouglasmhor

Have you got a lead that can connect it to a telly?

If you have a modern telly they often have a socket for these.

macman

You can just connect it to a monitor on a temporary basis.

Figment

raq wrote: »

morning

gutted to say the least. on wednesday evening my 8 year old fell onto the screen of our laptop. it didn,t smash but we have no full screen only a huge mark towards the right hand side of the screen, just like a rainbow. computer turns on and a sound coming from it. Sadly cannot operate it as you cannot see a thing

HELP. what do i do as I desperately need to do some work on it. I cried to be honest, although we know it was a very big accident

Options you have would be determined by the connectors on the laptop and other devices you have access to.

VGA - connect to an external monitor or TV
HDMI - connect to TV/monitor with HDMI interface

Ultimately you're looking at a replacement screen. Typical price ± £80-£100. Post exact make/model of laptop for more details

mazza111

Screens are remarkably easy to change on most laptops. A few screws and a connector on most of them.

As Figment said, make and model would be most helpful

adouglasmhor

Figment wrote: »

Options you have would be determined by the connectors on the laptop and other devices you have access to.

VGA - connect to an external monitor or TV
HDMI - connect to TV/monitor with HDMI interface

Ultimately you're looking at a replacement screen. Typical price ± £80-£100. Post exact make/model of laptop for more details

All my tellys for the last 15 years have had a VGA input socket, have only used the one on my flat screens though never the one om my old CRT.

raq

thanks guys.

it is a samsung laptop.

screen isn,t cracked just a blur of a rainbow. when my hubby comes back i will ask him to dig out the cables from our flat screen tv and operate the computer from there.

am i correct in doing this??

raq

Also how do i go about replacing the screen??

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tonyh66

stick a claim on the house insurance

raq

MY HUsban is staying to put through the house insurance as we are covered but the access is £100.00

macman

You need to give the model no. in order to get proper advice/prices-there are hundreds of Samsung laptop models.
It won't be worth claiming on your household insurance, even if accidental damage is covered.