On Dec 15, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: > Hiya Elfboy - try the Goodwill, they often have low cost repairs and also > broken systems that might have a matching screen. Betcha there's a geek out > there who's put up a take-apart guide for that or a similar machine. The > trickiest part is having the right tools for the job, which are typically > something like a torx 8 or philips 0. Now, $70 isn't much to replace a > screen, but how cool would it be to be able to say "yeah, I just tore it > apart and replaced it myself, no biggie" :)
I concur with Mugsy, this is a valuable skill to learn, and an excellent chance to learn it. A quick trip to Google shows a few Youtube videos of the process, and possibly some written guides as well, plus a bunch for general disassembly. Ifixit has a guide for another model Eeye, which might be roughly similar to yours: <http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Replacing-ASUS-EeePC-1001PX-Hard-Drive/5223/1> I just did this operation a few months back on a MacBook pro, replacing a broken 17" screen. I've worked on laptops before but this was the first time I'd ever disassembled the screen, it took about an hour and a half, going slowly, referring to the guide I had, and went quite well, as I'm writing this on the thing… :-) The main trick is patience and being really careful to treat resistance as a sign there's yet another screw to remove. An egg carton is really useful for segregating little screws in sets (these go around the outside, these go to the hinge, these go to the cable clamp, etc.) Another very useful trick I've picked up is to get something like a big cafeteria tray or a baking 'half-sheet' pan with a decent rim on it to work on. It tends to corral those teensy jumping screws they use in these things. Also, the place I bought my screen from had a well made video guide to the replacement; which was an invaluable help…if you go looking for a replacment LCD I'd be willing to pay more for one that offered a how-to guide…if I can dig up the reciept, I'll let you know what the company was, they sold LCD screens in general, not just for Macs. Looking for a dead EEye with a good top half, as swapping the entire display module case and all is easier than disassembling the display housing. With luck and the Ebay spirits willing you might even get it for the same $70…'cause goodwill around here doesn't have much in the way of computers at all. Mugsy's lucky enough to live in a geek-rich environment. Where I live I see old 486 PC's with CRT monitors on sale for $100 at yard sales :-/ About 5 years ago I saw a Mac LC offered for sale, with a straight face, for $250…. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
