01-12-2012 at 05:54 PM
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Screen, you so craze-ay.
The image on my laptop likes to jump around and kind of has a life of it's own. I got an estimate of what would cost to repair but I want to get another estimate to compare. Is there a place on campus that does computer repairs?
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01-12-2012 at 06:03 PM
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buy the screen from aliexpress.com and install it yourself. very easy to do. its a simple component/serial cable.
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01-12-2012 at 06:25 PM
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Titles can fix laptops, but they'll probably be more expensive. It's the Mac (Apple) station, but they fix PCs too.
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01-12-2012 at 06:29 PM
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Titles can fix laptops, but they'll probably be more expensive. It's the Mac (Apple) station, but they fix PCs too.
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NEVER EVER go to titles or MacMicro to fix your laptop. They charge all these stupid fees for servicing your laptop even to look at it they charge you.
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01-12-2012 at 06:50 PM
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it depends on the laptop, but i helped to find a replacement screen for my friends and it was $70 + shipping and there are instruction online how to install yourself (usually)
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01-12-2012 at 07:10 PM
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What do you mean by 'jumps around'? Do you mean flickering? If so, it probably means an internal connector from the video processor to the screen has worn out or come loose.
If it's no longer under warranty, might as well open it and check yourself.
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01-12-2012 at 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Ownaginatios
What do you mean by 'jumps around'? Do you mean flickering? If so, it probably means an internal connector from the video processor to the screen has worn out or come loose.
If it's no longer under warranty, might as well open it and check yourself.
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Please remove the battery if you're going to do this.
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01-12-2012 at 10:17 PM
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Sounds like it’s a graphics card problem / could be a driver issue. Search Google for the make/model of your graphics card and find the driver website and reinstall the driver
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01-12-2012 at 11:24 PM
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Thank you all. I'm going to sleep now and I have a busy day tomorrow but once I get it all figured out I'll let yas know what it was..
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