I like a challenge and was thinking about replacing the screen myself
and keeping if as a spare (already bought her a new one), but they are definitely not cheap to buy, and it could well be something else too
(overlap and flickering suggest a possible problem with the integrated
video "card").
Plan is to try and get a few ten of pounds on eBay. Am I missing a
trick? Seems a shame to effectively giving it away...
JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
I like a challenge and was thinking about replacing the screen myself
and keeping if as a spare (already bought her a new one), but they are
definitely not cheap to buy, and it could well be something else too
(overlap and flickering suggest a possible problem with the integrated
video "card").
Plan is to try and get a few ten of pounds on eBay. Am I missing a
trick? Seems a shame to effectively giving it away...
67 quid for the screen:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273022263084
Used machines start at £120 on ebay (slightly lower specs).
If you took a punt on the screen, I guess that would probably fix it. The iGPU is in the processor, so I doubt it would boot if something was
seriously wrong. Another thing to try is a RAM test and swap the RAM
around, since the DIMM is being used for video RAM.
Another option is to part it out - the SSD and RAM would be salvageable, probably other bits like the battery, wifi card, charger etc.
Or use it headless / using an external monitor?
Finally, the wildcard solution... the laptop uses eDP (embedded Displayport) to talk to the panel. It's not a very good panel (1366x768) so... upgrade it. Maybe you can find a panel of matching size with better specs, and get
a cable to fit. I've not done this, but it appears to be a 12.5" 16:9 panel and, if the connectors are right, I think eDP is plug and play the way mainstream Displayport is. For example (a cheap 1366x768): https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363468271855
or FHD:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185302046840
(*not* a recommendation - DYOR)
Theo
This is the screen. The physical damage, as far as I can tell, is a sort
of triangle shape, right at the top of the screen to the right of the
camera in the photo.
Not in the photo, but there seems to be a second image of what is
displayed on the screen - overlapping it and slightly higher than the original. So everything appears twice.
https://ibb.co/w68BB7s
JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
This is the screen. The physical damage, as far as I can tell, is a sort
of triangle shape, right at the top of the screen to the right of the
camera in the photo.
Not in the photo, but there seems to be a second image of what is
displayed on the screen - overlapping it and slightly higher than the
original. So everything appears twice.
https://ibb.co/w68BB7s
That looks like the panel is damaged. I can't think of a way that a damaged cable or damaged iGPU/RAM would cause effects like that.
Theo
On 25/02/2022 09:15, Theo wrote:
JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
This is the screen. The physical damage, as far as I can tell, is a sort >>> of triangle shape, right at the top of the screen to the right of the
camera in the photo.
Not in the photo, but there seems to be a second image of what is
displayed on the screen - overlapping it and slightly higher than the
original. So everything appears twice.
https://ibb.co/w68BB7s
That looks like the panel is damaged. I can't think of a way that a
damaged
cable or damaged iGPU/RAM would cause effects like that.
Theo
Makes sense. Thanks again!
On 25/02/2022 09:15, Theo wrote:
JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
This is the screen. The physical damage, as far as I can tell, is a sort >>> of triangle shape, right at the top of the screen to the right of the
camera in the photo.
Not in the photo, but there seems to be a second image of what is
displayed on the screen - overlapping it and slightly higher than the
original. So everything appears twice.
https://ibb.co/w68BB7s
That looks like the panel is damaged. I can't think of a way that a
damaged
cable or damaged iGPU/RAM would cause effects like that.
Theo
Makes sense. Thanks again!
Daughter managed to damage her laptop, a Dell Latitude 7280.
The screen flickers, there is some overlap of what's on it, and there is
some physical damage in one corner - a black section around 2 x cm (the screen is intact, but clearly something is not right under the glass).
It has an i7 processor, 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, and is otherwise in very
good condition. The battery still holds charge for many hours.
I like a challenge and was thinking about replacing the screen myself
and keeping if as a spare (already bought her a new one), but they are definitely not cheap to buy, and it could well be something else too
(overlap and flickering suggest a possible problem with the integrated
video "card").
Plan is to try and get a few ten of pounds on eBay. Am I missing a
trick? Seems a shame to effectively giving it away...
Daughter managed to damage her laptop, a Dell Latitude 7280.
The screen flickers, there is some overlap of what's on it, and there is
some physical damage in one corner - a black section around 2 x cm (the screen is intact, but clearly something is not right under the glass).
It has an i7 processor, 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, and is otherwise in very
good condition. The battery still holds charge for many hours.
I like a challenge and was thinking about replacing the screen myself
and keeping if as a spare (already bought her a new one), but they are definitely not cheap to buy, and it could well be something else too
(overlap and flickering suggest a possible problem with the integrated
video "card").
Plan is to try and get a few ten of pounds on eBay. Am I missing a
trick? Seems a shame to effectively giving it away...
Are you insured for accidental damage in your policy?
"GB" wrote in message news:svajqj$i71$1@dont-email.me...
On 25/02/2022 09:59, JoeJoe wrote:
On 25/02/2022 09:15, Theo wrote:
JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
This is the screen. The physical damage, as far as I can tell, is a
sort
of triangle shape, right at the top of the screen to the right of the
camera in the photo.
Not in the photo, but there seems to be a second image of what is
displayed on the screen - overlapping it and slightly higher than the
original. So everything appears twice.
https://ibb.co/w68BB7s
That looks like the panel is damaged. I can't think of a way that a
damaged
cable or damaged iGPU/RAM would cause effects like that.
Theo
Makes sense. Thanks again!
Have you yet tried an external monitor?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:33:59 +0000, JoeJoe wrote:
Daughter managed to damage her laptop, a Dell Latitude 7280.
The screen flickers, there is some overlap of what's on it, and there is
some physical damage in one corner - a black section around 2 x cm (the
screen is intact, but clearly something is not right under the glass).
It has an i7 processor, 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, and is otherwise in very
good condition. The battery still holds charge for many hours.
I like a challenge and was thinking about replacing the screen myself
and keeping if as a spare (already bought her a new one), but they are
definitely not cheap to buy, and it could well be something else too
(overlap and flickering suggest a possible problem with the integrated
video "card").
Plan is to try and get a few ten of pounds on eBay. Am I missing a
trick? Seems a shame to effectively giving it away...
Please let the group know if/when you list it.
I might be interested for spares.
Cheers
Dave R
On 08/03/2022 12:31, David wrote:
On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:33:59 +0000, JoeJoe wrote:Oops... Too late now
Daughter managed to damage her laptop, a Dell Latitude 7280.
The screen flickers, there is some overlap of what's on it, and there
is some physical damage in one corner - a black section around 2 x cm
(the screen is intact, but clearly something is not right under the
glass).
It has an i7 processor, 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, and is otherwise in very
good condition. The battery still holds charge for many hours.
I like a challenge and was thinking about replacing the screen myself
and keeping if as a spare (already bought her a new one), but they are
definitely not cheap to buy, and it could well be something else too
(overlap and flickering suggest a possible problem with the integrated
video "card").
Plan is to try and get a few ten of pounds on eBay. Am I missing a
trick? Seems a shame to effectively giving it away...
Please let the group know if/when you list it.
I might be interested for spares.
Cheers
Dave R
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