Laptop

Balmoung · 05-18-2007, 03:36 PM

dont know if this is right section or not but i recently dropepd and broke the lcd screen in my laptop and found out it can cost up to 450-600 to replace. what im wondering is would it be better jsut to find one thats close enough model where i can take ram from broken laptop and put it in new one with my hardrive so im not stuck with vista or would it be more costly that way?

Slaymate · 05-18-2007, 11:38 PM

Well we don't know anything about your laptop to give you a definite answer.
And I don't really know anything about laptops to really help. I would check
out ebay and some other auction sites and look for a simular model. You should
be able to just replace the screen if your lucky. I would also ask around at some
other hardware related forums. Maybe Hardware.Gamershell.com or PCApex.com :-)

Balmoung · 05-18-2007, 11:57 PM

kk ty for info

GMtm · 05-21-2007, 03:22 PM

Who is the manufacturer, what is the specification/model number?

You should be able to get some spares from auction sites or resellers and if you are lucky you could make a working unit out of it. bare in mind though that the screen and the mainboard are the most costly items in a notebook, so if the spares unit is real cheap then its likely that something is wrong with either of these major components.

Does the notebook you dropped work at all?

Balmoung · 05-21-2007, 03:57 PM

yeah it works fine and everything i used another monitor to transfer some data onto cds that i needed from laptop but other then that i dont wanan use it to much.

the brand is acer and its a 3050 series and i am jsut gonna end up holding onto it for now since i looked into custom building a desktop and it comes to a couple hundred less then what it would cost to fix my laptop screen.

Balmoung · 05-22-2007, 02:35 PM

ok another option was jsut handed to me today by someone that said why dont i jsut remove the laptop screen from the comp since the comp works jsut fine and attach a desktop screen to the laptop for now to use as a spare until i build desktop..will this work ok or will it jsut cause more problems down the road?

Slaymate · 05-22-2007, 10:20 PM

It should work just fine :-)

Balmoung · 05-23-2007, 02:56 PM

ok i think ill do that for now since i checked into custom building a desktop and it cost 500$ here for once thats better then laptop lmao..pretty annoying how 1 piece of laptop more expensive then a whole desktop

05-18-2007, 11:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Slaymate Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Hellmouth Posts: 859 Hellbux: 10,530	Well we don't know anything about your laptop to give you a definite answer. And I don't really know anything about laptops to really help. I would check out ebay and some other auction sites and look for a simular model. You should be able to just replace the screen if your lucky. I would also ask around at some other hardware related forums. Maybe Hardware.Gamershell.com or PCApex.com :-) __________________

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GMtm Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Theale, Berkshire, UK. Posts: 784 Hellbux: 26,727	Who is the manufacturer, what is the specification/model number? You should be able to get some spares from auction sites or resellers and if you are lucky you could make a working unit out of it. bare in mind though that the screen and the mainboard are the most costly items in a notebook, so if the spares unit is real cheap then its likely that something is wrong with either of these major components. Does the notebook you dropped work at all? __________________ Currently playing: FarCry 2 (PC), Fallout 3 (PC), Yoshi's Island DS (NDS). Favourite Games: Deus Ex (PC), Streets of Rage II (MegaDrive), Flashback (Amiga A500+), Wipeout (PS), Half-Life (PC), Oblivion (PC).

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05-18-2007, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Balmoung is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 Hellbux: 558	dont know if this is right section or not but i recently dropepd and broke the lcd screen in my laptop and found out it can cost up to 450-600 to replace. what im wondering is would it be better jsut to find one thats close enough model where i can take ram from broken laptop and put it in new one with my hardrive so im not stuck with vista or would it be more costly that way?

05-18-2007, 11:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Balmoung is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 Hellbux: 558	kk ty for info

05-21-2007, 03:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Balmoung is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 Hellbux: 558	yeah it works fine and everything i used another monitor to transfer some data onto cds that i needed from laptop but other then that i dont wanan use it to much. the brand is acer and its a 3050 series and i am jsut gonna end up holding onto it for now since i looked into custom building a desktop and it comes to a couple hundred less then what it would cost to fix my laptop screen.

05-22-2007, 02:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
Balmoung is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 Hellbux: 558	ok another option was jsut handed to me today by someone that said why dont i jsut remove the laptop screen from the comp since the comp works jsut fine and attach a desktop screen to the laptop for now to use as a spare until i build desktop..will this work ok or will it jsut cause more problems down the road?

05-23-2007, 02:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
Balmoung is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 273 Hellbux: 558	ok i think ill do that for now since i checked into custom building a desktop and it cost 500$ here for once thats better then laptop lmao..pretty annoying how 1 piece of laptop more expensive then a whole desktop