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    Help me please !!!!!! :confused: My laptop screen(LCD) is going blank (loses the windows desktop and goes a greyish colour)whenever it feels like I think it may be the backlight a ext monitor works even when the lcd goes blank.I have the chance to buy a brand new screen for it (right part number and all) but would that fix it?
    also how hard is it to remove the existing screen from the surround and replace it with the new screen if it is an option?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fxst
    Help me please !!!!!! :confused: My laptop screen(LCD) is going blank (loses the windows desktop and goes a greyish colour)whenever it feels like I think it may be the backlight a ext monitor works even when the lcd goes blank.I have the chance to buy a brand new screen for it (right part number and all) but would that fix it?
    also how hard is it to remove the existing screen from the surround and replace it with the new screen if it is an option?
    Pete
    Ask yourself how much is the new screen
    how old is the laptop
    What is the cpu / memory size
    how much is a new laptop that I can write off as a tax expense( use it to store tax records, buy shares {only need to buy small amounts couple times a year } keep up to dare with public notices while traveling etc...)
    Have I got my value from my old laptop
    Can my old laptop be used in the shed if I update.

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    Pete, many of the older (an some of the new ones) laptop screens bugger up because of the contactors/connections in the hinge. If buggerising around with the hinge affects it then the connection is the problem and a new screen may not always fix the problem unless that interface is replaced as well. Its possible that there is actually nothing wrong with the display itself....well it could also be totally shagged too .

    Its always a viable option to retire the laptop to desktop status with an external monitor and get a new laptop if you require portability.

    I'd get a laptop wiz to have a checkers. The old Toshibas and NEC laptops (read 6 years or more ago) where easy to change the screen on but I have no fruitcaking idea about the later models.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashore
    how much is a new laptop that I can write off as a tax expense( use it to store tax records, buy shares {only need to buy small amounts couple times a year } keep up to dare with public notices while traveling etc...)
    Have I got my value from my old laptop
    Think ATO would have issues with you claiming depreciation on a laptop being used for storing tax records, buying shares, keeping up to date with public notices etc. Basic criteria for allowing depreciation is that laptop is a legitimate business expense...ie its being used to generate income in a business or for an employer.

    One thing you can do is buy the laptop via a salary sacrifice agreement with your employer...ie you buy it with pre tax dollars. In this case the ATO doesnt care what the laptop is used for. You can sal sacrifice one lapotp per year by this means. You may (big may) be able to claim depreciation also but again only if the machine is being used for business porposes (see earlier posting in this forum on this subject).

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    Quote Originally Posted by vsquizz
    I'd get a laptop wiz to have a checkers. The old Toshibas and NEC laptops (read 6 years or more ago) where easy to change the screen on but I have no fruitcaking idea about the later models.

    Cheers
    Get a quote first if youre going to plonk on a new screen....on most laptops the screen makes up a large proportion of the total price of the machine and for the same money you could probably afford a brand new machine. One option is to hunt around for a second hand screen....there are a few computer recycling outfits around.
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    its an oldish acer and I use it mainly for when Im out the block (no mains power) and for my scrollsaw patterns and emails and forum reading when away on hols a new screen I can get for $119.00.
    I dont work anymore so the ATO benifiets are out and I really dont want a new one
    Pete
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    Quote Originally Posted by fxst
    its an oldish acer and I use it mainly for when Im out the block (no mains power) and for my scrollsaw patterns and emails and forum reading when away on hols a new screen I can get for $119.00.
    I dont work anymore so the ATO benifiets are out and I really dont want a new one
    Pete
    Sounds like the new screen is the way to go




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    At that price you have nothing to loose. i have recently changed out one no drama. The hardest part is finding out how to get at the securing system.

    Have fun

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simomatra
    At that price you have nothing to loose. i have recently changed out one no drama. The hardest part is finding out how to get at the securing system.

    Have fun
    Its quite easy getting at an LCD screen.....as long as youve got a pet octopus trained to use hand tools
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwigeo
    Its quite easy getting at an LCD screen.....as long as youve got a pet octopus trained to use hand tools
    I've got a four year old that plays with hand tools. Is that good enough?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daddles
    I've got a four year old that plays with hand tools. Is that good enough?

    Richard
    Youll need at least two four year olds to do the job....
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    ok I bit the bullet (or is that screen?) and grabbed the new screen. now to try and disassemble the thing.
    Thanks for the various thoughts ....Still reckon this is the bestest 4um in cyberspace
    Pete
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