The TFT screen can't be fixed right?

uk_sam · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:44

My dad spilt a load of oil over the TFT screen on his laptop and there is basically no image where the oil has seeped through, it is just white i think. I sure that there is no way this can be repaired but my dad is convinced that by somehow cleaning the oil off the TFT screen, it will work again.

Please can someone tell me this cannot be done so I can tell my dad to stop wasting his time and bugging me

Roughneck · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:12

uk_sam said:
My dad spilt a load of oil over the TFT screen on his laptop and there is basically no image where the oil has seeped through, it is just white i think. I sure that there is no way this can be repaired but my dad is convinced that by somehow cleaning the oil off the TFT screen, it will work again.

Please can someone tell me this cannot be done so I can tell my dad to stop wasting his time and bugging me

Aye hes wasting his time lol

uk_sam · 29 Jun 2006 at 23:11

Cheers for that. My dad likes his DIY so he likes to think he can takes things apart and put them back together again to make them work.

Minstadave · 29 Jun 2006 at 23:23

I think he'd be wasting his time in all likelyhood, TFTs don't stand up to much abuse really.

Mr Men · 30 Jun 2006 at 00:31

No harm in him giving it a try though

ChoÞÞer · 1 Jul 2006 at 20:22

Mr Men said:
No harm in him giving it a try though

True, get a picture of him messing it up

Humate · 2 Jul 2006 at 09:32

Also, if he takes it apart you might find a component that you can more readily smash him over the head with.

ChoÞÞer · 2 Jul 2006 at 12:20

Humate said:
Also, if he takes it apart you might find a component that you can more readily smash him over the head with.

lol

MAllen · 3 Jul 2006 at 19:10

If he is Mr DIY, he should be able to get a replacement screen for the lappy. Not too hard to source. Depends on the model of laptop.

Another simple solution I have done for a couple of damaged laptop owners is to totally remove the damaged screen and it's casing. We then used the external VGA connector. This can then be connected to a nice new TFT from OCUK.

If the machine is mainly used at the same desk all the time, this looks quite neat.

If he ends up buying a new laptop, then get him some plastic bags he can put the laptop into when he is working in his workshop.

bigstevex · 4 Jul 2006 at 02:07

laptops with broken screens are desktop bargains

just use the vga plug

uk_sam · 4 Jul 2006 at 12:07

humate said:
Also, if he takes it apart you might find a component that you can more readily smash him over the head with.

LOL

bigstevex said:
laptops with broken screens are desktop bargains

just use the vga plug

Yeah thats pretty much whats happened now. Its pretty much a deskstop PC now as it can't be used on the move. Thx for all the replies, I look forward to giving my dad the good news