Corner of screen is dimmer since laptop fell accidently, How can this be fixed?

gyuunyuu
gyuunyuu Member Posts: 2 New User
edited October 2023 in 2020 Archives
This question is related to "Acer Aspire E5-573G Laptop, Intel Core i5-4210U 1.7GHz".
The bag holding the laptop felt during an accident. Now, the lower right corner of the screen is very much dimmer than the rest of the screen. Recently, its HDD also crashed which is another issue but this means that right now, I cannot provide any screenshots.
How can the screen be fixed? Does only the screen need to be replaced or something that connects to the screen needs to be replaced?

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  • aphanic
    aphanic Member Posts: 959 Seasoned Specialist WiFi Icon
    As for the screen, it'll likely be just the LCD panel that you'd need to replace, cables and the like would still be the same.

    But you'd need to either take it to a repair shop for that, or find a panel that's suitable for that laptop. It doesn't have to be the same resolution, but it does have to have the same connector type (e.g. eDP) and in the same position (e.g. the lower part of the panel), the same external dimensions, the same mounting brackets if any (some panels come bare, with no place for screws and they're held together by tape and the bezels).

    If you're going to do it yourself it's "easy" to know those details because you'd be disassembling the unit, otherwise that's work for the guy in charge of repairing the laptop.

    Replacing a hard drive is usually much more easy because it doesn't require disassembling much of the laptop though ;)
  • gyuunyuu
    gyuunyuu Member Posts: 2 New User
    edited January 2020
    How can I find replacement LCD screens, surely is must be easy in this age of online shopping? How can I know what screen can be used to replace the broken one? I also own an ASUS G750JW, it is simple to access the slots for the hard drive and RAM in it. We just remove a small panel screwed on the bottom. Taking apart this ACER laptop is much harder, its designed almost as if they do not want it to be taken apart.
  • aphanic
    aphanic Member Posts: 959 Seasoned Specialist WiFi Icon
    I'm afraid it's a trend, the way things are designed seem to be worsening in regards of serviceability :(

    Luckily, disassembly hasn't gotten much difficult, I recently purchased an A515-54G and to access the hard drive or SSD I have to unscrew some screws throughout the base and then pry the bottom part, there are some plastic tabs keeping it together with the rest of the machine.

    Disassembling screens vary from laptop to laptop and from vendor to vendor, sometimes you have to disassemble the whole thing and separate the display assembly from the rest of the machine, and others it's just a matter of separating the 2 parts of the bezel and you get to the panel already. It depends but some vendors also provide a full and detailed guide on servicing each model, and with that even an inexperienced person can perform some part exchanges.

    But! A good thing nowadays is that there are several resources online that can help you see how to disassemble the machine, and even videos on how to do it. For example for yours I just found a video detailing some basic disassembly up to the motherboard:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCncTP29uDA

    And this other one shows how to replace the LCD panel!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_s8BCl7kNQ

    Once you have the panel in your hands you'll need to search for the model number (it can be seen from Windows too, but I guess that's out of the question). It's usually in the back of the panel in a sticker, although judging from the video you'll be looking for a panel with mounting screws on the top and bottom with a 1-lane eDP connector located at its bottom. I wouldn't know about the dimensions of it, but if you find out the panel model inputting it in Google ought to get you a great deal of details about it (I'm thinking... Panelook or Laptopscreen).

    Still! That may be harder than it actually has to be, if you're not particularly interested in the details there are several places that sell panels and you just look for the laptop model. E.g. you'd search for a screen replacement for an E5-573G and the only thing for you to choose would be its resolution, or maybe if you want a TN or an IPS kind of screen.

    So even though servicing newer models may be harder, ala Apple with plenty of things directly soldered into the motherboard, it's still doable ;)

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