Removing Laptop Screen (permanently)

Atlas23

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Hi guys, I have an old(ish) MSI gaming laptop which has a cracked screen bezel, so every time you open the lid, it puts pressure on the damaged part and cracks it further.

Now, I've never really used this as a laptop, more as a mobile desktop (always plugging it into external monitors and leaving the lid closed).

I was thinking about just taking the lid/screen off completely, which will make it a bit easier/lighter to transport as well.

Anyone done this before? I'm not sure if the laptop/driver will know that the screen ribbon has been disconnected if there is an HDMI cable to output to instead? Or if it would cause any issues?

Thoughts?
 
Atlas23 said:
Hi guys, I have an old(ish) MSI gaming laptop which has a cracked screen bezel, so every time you open the lid, it puts pressure on the damaged part and cracks it further.

Now, I've never really used this as a laptop, more as a mobile desktop (always plugging it into external monitors and leaving the lid closed).

I was thinking about just taking the lid/screen off completely, which will make it a bit easier/lighter to transport as well.

Anyone done this before? I'm not sure if the laptop/driver will know that the screen ribbon has been disconnected if there is an HDMI cable to output to instead? Or if it would cause any issues?

Thoughts?
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Hi there

Would you like me to ask our tech guys and come back to you before you do it?

They will know for sure!

Regards

ARJiBEAR
 
Recently I took apart a HP laptop. Wanted to see was it the inverter (cheap fix) or the backlight gone on the screen. Anyway a new inverter didn't fix it. So it wasn't economical to fix. But in putting it all back, I slipped with the pliers and ripped the screen cable out of its plug. But even with this, the VGA out to a monitor still worked.

Of course that doesn't mean it will work with other laptops.
 
It will work fine, but the Wi-Fi antennas are in the screen bezel usually. If you remove them then your wireless performance will be terrible.

If you're using it wired then obviously that isn't a problem.
 
Awesome cheers for the advice guys. I just removed the screen and the laptop works fine :) I've got a decent USB wifi adapter that was better than the internal wifi so I don't need to worry about that. It's so much lighter now :p
 
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