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    Broken Dell Inspiron 1545 screen need immediate support plz?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by fialan, Jan 8, 2011.

  1. fialan

    fialan Newbie

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    i bought a Dell Inspiron 1545 not too long ago. But recently i accidentally dropped my laptop off the couch and from the impact the screen is now broken. i have called the dell warranty service, but they wanted to charge me $350 for screen repair, and I'm in college right now so I'm pretty broke.

    i heard it is very simple to replace the screen yourself, but how much would you think it would cost? and so if you could please tell me what i need to get and what i have to know to work on repairing my screen. Thanks

    By the way, my screen is Liquid Crystal Display, 15.6HDF, Light Emitting Diode, True Life, V1, Au Optronics Corp and WLED back lit
     
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    It looks like the basic WXGA screen doesn't cost that much; I'm seeing around $70 on eBay. I don't know if there's a higher-res version, but I doubt it'd be that much more.

    Dell has instructions on replacing the screen: Documentation; so it's like maybe $70 and the cost of your time.
     
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  3. fialan

    fialan Newbie

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    i don't know much about computers but don't i need to do some conversion with the back light cuz i have WLED backlit and the one from the Aebay is CCFL.
    and what is WXGA?
     
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Commander Wolf, Jan 8, 2011
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  5. fialan

    fialan Newbie

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    oh damn thank you. this is really helpful, but i have one more question that i have to ask, is there any possibility that i could get a HD LED?
     
    fialan, Jan 8, 2011
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    fialan Newbie

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    oh nvm i already founded but thanks for helpful resources :)
     
    fialan, Jan 8, 2011
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  7. Terry Kennedy

    Terry Kennedy Notebook Consultant

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    On the Studio 155x you can change to full HD (1080p), at least on systems with the ATI HD 5470 controller (only ones I tried). You can read my write-up here. It should be useful for other Dell models, though the part numbers are probably different.
     
    Terry Kennedy, Jan 10, 2011
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