I've exhausted my google searches and emails to places that sell replacement screens for this particular HP laptop model (they all send me a standard LCD replacement instructions that doesn't work for my model)...so, I've come to the gurus for help...yah, thats ya'll!
Anyway, I bought a new HP G60-235DX laptop 3 weeks ago and didn't buy any kind of extended warranty plan ( I know, crucify me)..any way the wife walked from one room in the house to the other with said laptop in hand and when she plugged it in the screen had a giant line running down the middle with fracture looking marks at the top of the line (mind the laptop was working just fine out in the other room). Took it back to Best Buy and the NERDS there told me that is an impact on screen and nothing covers that except accident warranty...wife insist she did not hit the laptop on anything...anyway enough of how and why...I need to replace the screen and Best Buy wants just about the cost I paid for the darn thing to fix the screen. I have found a number of places on line that I can order a replacement screen for a decent price and will do so once I can figure out how to remove the old screen. Hence the problem, how to remove said broken screen. All the sites I've been to show laptops with rubber or plastic screw plugs on the inside bezel. My laptop does not have any such things...as a matter of fact the inside bezel is completely smooth all the way around it except for 4 very slim rubber guards that are glued on with no screws behind them. I've also looked on the outside bezel and there are no screws visible anywhere. So, this is where you gurus come in...HELP...how do I remove this certain models LCD screen. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I've had so many people ask about how to remove and then install the new screen I thought I'd move that thread up to the top...here you go:
Cobia you are the 4th person to ask me about this....its seems HP has a crap product on their hands...anyway...instead of me having to send this email all the time I might as well post it....here ya go..the whole ball of wax...and I can't be responsible for you breaking your laptop:
I went on Ebay and purchased this LCD replacement screen: removed old link...just search ebay for G60-235DX LCD screen
To remove the broken screen you are going to need a small Phillips head screw diver and I also used a small exacto knife.
Start by taking the battery out.
You are going to now have to undo the keyboard area. To do this you must remove all the screws in the battery compartment area and the 2 screws at the back corners on the bottom of the laptop. This should free up the silver molding area holding the keyboard in place.
After keyboard area is freed up (I left the keyboard attached to the wiring and just moved that assembly down and out of the way) you will see the hinge assembly for the screen. Unscrew the hinge assembly from the laptop base (there should be 2 screws on each side of the base and one screw on left side is hidden under some wires so you will have to move those wires some).
Now that the screen is freed from the base (except for the wires) you can now remove the bezel. To remove the bezel around the screen you will need to locate the 2 small screws at the base of the bezel. These screws are covered so I used a small exacto knife to pop off the screw coverings. Once screws are removed the inside bezel simply needs to be popped off. Just use a little force and the rest of inside bezel will start popping off.
You now should be looking at the screen. There is a small metal frame holding the screen in place. Remove the 2 screws at the top of the frame and the 2 screws at the bottom of the frame (the bottom 2 screws are part of the hinge assembly) To remove the frame from the LCD screen you will notice small screws on the outside of the frame?Remove those screws and then you have freed up the screen. You will have to unplug the power going to the webcam, and unplug the video cable (those 2 are connected through same cabling and you?ll see what I mean once you get back there) and then finally unplug the power for the screen. You have now just taken your old broken, piece of HP crap and not taking responsibility for a defective product LCD screen out!
To put new one in just do all this in reverse and have patience!
One piece of advice?don?t take all this apart until the new screen arrives. Also, once you have all the wiring attached to the new screen, before you put it all back together test it out by putting the battery back in and flipping it on real quick. I made the mistake of putting it all back together only to find out that I had the power cable in the wrong way and the video cable was not attached well enough.
Anyway, I bought a new HP G60-235DX laptop 3 weeks ago and didn't buy any kind of extended warranty plan ( I know, crucify me)..any way the wife walked from one room in the house to the other with said laptop in hand and when she plugged it in the screen had a giant line running down the middle with fracture looking marks at the top of the line (mind the laptop was working just fine out in the other room). Took it back to Best Buy and the NERDS there told me that is an impact on screen and nothing covers that except accident warranty...wife insist she did not hit the laptop on anything...anyway enough of how and why...I need to replace the screen and Best Buy wants just about the cost I paid for the darn thing to fix the screen. I have found a number of places on line that I can order a replacement screen for a decent price and will do so once I can figure out how to remove the old screen. Hence the problem, how to remove said broken screen. All the sites I've been to show laptops with rubber or plastic screw plugs on the inside bezel. My laptop does not have any such things...as a matter of fact the inside bezel is completely smooth all the way around it except for 4 very slim rubber guards that are glued on with no screws behind them. I've also looked on the outside bezel and there are no screws visible anywhere. So, this is where you gurus come in...HELP...how do I remove this certain models LCD screen. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I've had so many people ask about how to remove and then install the new screen I thought I'd move that thread up to the top...here you go:
Cobia you are the 4th person to ask me about this....its seems HP has a crap product on their hands...anyway...instead of me having to send this email all the time I might as well post it....here ya go..the whole ball of wax...and I can't be responsible for you breaking your laptop:
I went on Ebay and purchased this LCD replacement screen: removed old link...just search ebay for G60-235DX LCD screen
To remove the broken screen you are going to need a small Phillips head screw diver and I also used a small exacto knife.
Start by taking the battery out.
You are going to now have to undo the keyboard area. To do this you must remove all the screws in the battery compartment area and the 2 screws at the back corners on the bottom of the laptop. This should free up the silver molding area holding the keyboard in place.
After keyboard area is freed up (I left the keyboard attached to the wiring and just moved that assembly down and out of the way) you will see the hinge assembly for the screen. Unscrew the hinge assembly from the laptop base (there should be 2 screws on each side of the base and one screw on left side is hidden under some wires so you will have to move those wires some).
Now that the screen is freed from the base (except for the wires) you can now remove the bezel. To remove the bezel around the screen you will need to locate the 2 small screws at the base of the bezel. These screws are covered so I used a small exacto knife to pop off the screw coverings. Once screws are removed the inside bezel simply needs to be popped off. Just use a little force and the rest of inside bezel will start popping off.
You now should be looking at the screen. There is a small metal frame holding the screen in place. Remove the 2 screws at the top of the frame and the 2 screws at the bottom of the frame (the bottom 2 screws are part of the hinge assembly) To remove the frame from the LCD screen you will notice small screws on the outside of the frame?Remove those screws and then you have freed up the screen. You will have to unplug the power going to the webcam, and unplug the video cable (those 2 are connected through same cabling and you?ll see what I mean once you get back there) and then finally unplug the power for the screen. You have now just taken your old broken, piece of HP crap and not taking responsibility for a defective product LCD screen out!
To put new one in just do all this in reverse and have patience!
One piece of advice?don?t take all this apart until the new screen arrives. Also, once you have all the wiring attached to the new screen, before you put it all back together test it out by putting the battery back in and flipping it on real quick. I made the mistake of putting it all back together only to find out that I had the power cable in the wrong way and the video cable was not attached well enough.
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