HP laptop screen

[Adrian E]

Thanks for all the advice gents - I knew there'd be plenty of experience on here! This is only the 2nd laptop I've ever owned for personal use - my old Vaio lasted 10 years and this one I've had for 4 years or so. I'm generally pretty gentle with my stuff!

My mate who sat on it some time ago weighed North of 100kg at the time and didn't even notice he'd done it till I asked him where he'd moved the laptop to when he sat on the chair.....answer 'nowhere'

Have attached a couple of pics - I couldn't get it to show, but with the screen off you can see a line diagonally across the screen so it's defo cracked. Have connected it to an external screen and it works through that.

HP's own guide instructs you to:

Remove the battery (see Battery on page 59), and then remove the following components:
● Optical drive (see Optical drive on page 60)
● Hard drive (see Hard drive on page 62)
● WLAN module (see WLAN module on page 67)
● Keyboard (see Keyboard on page 70)
● Top cover (see Top cover on page 74)
● System board (see System board on page 85)

but that then leaves you with the screen flat on the bench for removing the front cover etc. That video above I can follow

The screen spec should be for a 'BrightView' LED display 1366x768. I generally use it indoors except if I'm on the Eurostar and want to watch a film. Are the matte screens entirely identical apart from the finish? Any downsides in terms of brightness from going to the matte?

I've ended up working from home today due to childcare issues so may see if I can get the old screen out. Fortunately I don't actually need to use the laptop!

Cheers all - much appreciated

Adrian