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Broken laptop display? Popping in a new one is easier than you might think and more and more people are doing it themselves today.

What's more distressing than the sound of your laptop screen cracking as it hits the floor? The voice of a tech-support rep telling you it will cost close to £250.00 to replace it. With little more than a screwdriver, however, you can replace the screen yourself and save a bundle. Read on to see if a new LCD will fix your ailing laptop, and if so, how to find and install a new screen.

Buying your replacement screen.

If your laptop comes with possibly more than one variant of screen you might want to remove the laptop screen first to check which screen your laptop has in it, before buying a new LCD, you'll may want to examine, and possibly remove, the current one. Doing so will give you a chance to spot other possible causes for your display problem, and to gather the necessary part numbers to ensure that you get the right replacement laptop screen.

Tools Needed to replace the lcd screen.

• Small Philips screwdriver
• A sharp blace, instrument to remove the rubbers.
• Time, patience, and a tiny degree of practicality.

STEP 1.Removal of the laptop battery and power supply.

Once you are ready to replace the screen, shut down the computer, remove the battery and unplug it from the mains. Please make sure you do this as we have had people damage the motherboard through not doing this while replacing their laptop screen.

STEP 2. Find and locate the screen bezel screws.

First, you'll need to locate the screw covers. These small rubber covers are generally found on the front of the display's bezel (surrounding frame), though on some notebooks you might find some of the covers along the side of the screen. (Note that these instructions will work for most laptop models, but occasionally you'll encounter unusual designs such as Apple's iBook G4, which uses Allen screws, or Apple's MacBook, which has no screws holding its bezel in place.)

Use the tip of a small flat-head screwdriver or knife to carefully pry back the corner of each rubber cover around the screen until you can see if a screw lies underneath. If you locate a screw, remove the cover and place it in a small plastic bag or other safe location. Typically, you'll find at least four, and perhaps six, screws on the bezel. After you've located them all, remove them and store them with the covers.

STEP 3. Removing the laptop screen bezel

At the top center of the laptop screen, carefully work your fingers between the bezel and the screen, and gently pull the bezel. Usually, it will easily snap loose; if not, gently pull it in different directions until it does. Carefully work your way around the rest of the bezel, pulling it away from the rear plastic of the screen cover.

STEP 4. Loosing the hinge screws to gain easier access to the side screws

Once the bezel is off, you'll see the laptop screen in its metal frame. On most laptops, the inverter board is directly below the screen. You may now be able to tilt the LCD forward, away from the plastic shell behind it. If not, check for additional screws securing the frame to the shell.

STEP 5. Loosing the hinge screws to gain easier access to the side screws

Once the hinge screws have been loosened, you will be able to access all the side screws easier than before,go ahead and remove them, you may need to steady the laptop screen when removing the last screw with you hand.

N.B.Most laptop manufacturers only use 4 screws down each side of the side bars, some use additional centre brackets aswell, although your original laptop screen may have these centre brackets, it isn't essential that they are on you replacement screen and probably won't be, so don't worry about transfering them from your old screen to your new one, just use the side brackets.

STEP 6. Removing the laptop screen cables

Once you have all the side screws removed, you can tilt the screen forward so it sits ontop of the keyboard. If your laptop has a webcam you will need to unplug the webcam cable before it will tilt forward. When the screen is sat on the keyboard you will see the Screen Ribbon connection and the inverter connection (no inverter connection on a LED screen).

To unplug the screen ribbon cable, peel off the retaining tape and pull the connection out of its socket as below:

To Unplug the inverter cable it might pay to remove any screws that locate the inverter in place on the screen lid, if their is any, again just unplug the cable.

Thats everything done, now you will be able to remove you old broken laptop screen and replace it with the your new screen. Fitting of the new screen is just the reverse of these instructions.

We do hope this helps.