HP Pavilion 15-e081sa 15.6" - Replace Laptop Screen

bod1467

Is anyone aware of:

1. A good source for laptop screens? (It has a 1366 x 768 resolution)

2. A guide for replacing the screen in this laptop?

Daughter has had hers about 2 months. Last night she somehow knocked her guitar head against the screen and it now looks like a kaleidoscopic Etch-a-Sketch! :mad:

I got it from Currys but I didn't take out the WEH plan. If I showed them it they'd straight away say "Customer Induced Damage" and would charge for a repair.

GunJack

1. screen should be £40-50

2. is that model number correct?

3. replacing screens is relatively easy, seek out a you tube vid

bod1467

Thanks.

GunJack wrote: »

1. screen should be £40-50

Recommended sources/suppliers of such screens?

GunJack wrote: »

2. is that model number correct?

That's how it is described on the Currys/PCW website.

GunJack

struggling to find any listings for that model number .....

bod1467

I'll take a look at the laptop when I'm home tonight, to see if there's a different model number on it. (This could be a Currys/PCW-specific model classification to get around price-matching types of things).

bod1467

Can't see a model number on it (unless it's under the battery?)

Anyway, at the moment I have it connected to an external monitor (1280 x 1024, via the 9 pin D-sub connector) so my daughter can access it and backup her files.

Looking on the Currys/PCW website they say they charge £50 + parts for a repair. (I guess it depends on what they charge for a screen). I'm tempted by this route as the laptop is only 2 months old so I wouldn't wish to invalidate any guarantee by having it self-fixed or fixed by an unauthorised repairer (non-HP authorised).

Hmm.

GunJack

might be worth getting an actual quote from them, but don't be surprised if they say a new screen (as a part) is more like £80-100) plus the £50 to do the job... at least it'll give you a reference point...

Browntoa

Undo the screws round the screen , normally hidden under rubber caps , then unclip the front, remove the retaining screws on the metal frame and see the screen model number

GunJack

Browntoa wrote: »

Undo the screws round the screen , normally hidden under rubber caps , then unclip the front, remove the retaining screws on the metal frame and see the screen model number

that is the other way to do it, but bod is wary of invalidating warranty as it's only 2 months old

Browntoa

Me not read properly

Although the rubber stickers do go back on

Contents insurance accidental damage ?

bod1467

Contents insurance has an excess (at least £50), so for something that's going to cost £100-ish to sort, the excess (plus future premium increases due to a claim) make this a borderline option.