[ubuntu-uk] Blue tint on screen?

[Rob Beard]

On 23/04/10 17:20, Daniel Case wrote:
> Hiya Guys, i have a laptop thats about 2 years old...and it developed a
> sudden blue tint on the LCD moniter, i have done the usual diagnostics
> (plugged it into an external moniter, it was fine, and booted into
> Windows to check it wasnt a faulty driver)
>
> So i am left with a fault in the LCD moniter, how easy is it to repair
> myself, or will i need a specialist to have a look?
>
> I am comfortable and familiar with the hardware of my laptop, i have
> done a few hardware upgrades, and needed to fix the sound card, swap the
> RAM and a few other things due to previous faults. It appears to have
> been quite error prone in the past year or so, and its never taken out
> of the house so i am not sure why :S
>

It is possibly doable yourself if you're happy to go unplugging things, 
I've stripped down a couple of laptops before (one being a Dell which I 
had to completely strip down to reset the BIOS password) and it wasn't 
too bad.  I'd say make a note of where the screws go (and maybe have 
some pots for each individual size screw) and take your time.

You may find some service manuals online for your specific laptop if 
you're lucky (free ones too if you're even luckier).

A supplier of mine (a trade supplier) sells screens around the £60 
upwards mark for a 15" screen, I'd say it would probably be not much 
more on eBay, and I gather 90% of laptops use the same sort of screen 
(presumably to keep the prices down).

Rob