Replacing LED Screen in Sony Vaio SZ-2XP

[Xandos]

Hi,

On the said laptop, the LED screen has lost its ability to light itself up, there is still an image, but the backlight doesn't work. Assuming it is impossible to fix this, as I've heard, a replacement is necessary. The official sony screen costs a bomb, but the Macbook Air screen has the same type/specifications. Would it be possible to bodge the Macbook Air screen into the Vaio? Does it have the same connector? Obviously it'll look a bit scrapheap challenge, but it would be a LOT cheaper.

Does anyone have any advice to offer? Thanks.

 

[Xandos]

Sorry to bump, but does anyone know?

 

[Clown]

Are you sure it's not the drivers? My nVidia drivers on my Vaio decided to start playing around and would lose the backlight when I used the Fn + brightness up button. A reinstall of the drivers fixed it. Don't know anything about replacing the screen and model numbers and stuff, but replacing an old laptop monitor was a doddle. Unscrew here and there, unplug the ribbon cable, wham bam thank you ma'am.

 

[beermonster]

they would have to be the same connector, how much have you found a SZ screen for?

 

[Dano]

Are you sure it's not the drivers? My nVidia drivers on my Vaio decided to start playing around and would lose the backlight when I used the Fn + brightness up button. A reinstall of the drivers fixed it.

Yup, mine did the same.

 

[Gibber]

Hi,

On the said laptop, the LED screen has lost its ability to light itself up, there is still an image, but the backlight doesn't work. Assuming it is impossible to fix this, as I've heard, a replacement is necessary. The official sony screen costs a bomb, but the Macbook Air screen has the same type/specifications. Would it be possible to bodge the Macbook Air screen into the Vaio? Does it have the same connector? Obviously it'll look a bit scrapheap challenge, but it would be a LOT cheaper.

Does anyone have any advice to offer? Thanks.

Does it lose its backlight before or after you boot into windows? If it happens when you first power the laptop on then it is highly likely the screen. I don't think SZ screens are cheap to replace either, I know this is from Sony but I was given a price of £600 (!) to replace mine. Obviously didn't take much to work out what my next answer was.

If it is the screen then your best bet would be to look on a well known auction site.

 

[beermonster]

you can get a fixed price repair for £219.99 from a well known but much hated pc shop, refundable if they can't fix it.