Broken LCD laptop Screen

Technology and Gaming Help and Support
#1

Alright. Well, unfortunetly, my laptops LCD screen cracked (pretty seriously at that), and I am unable to see ANYTHING. My question is:

Can I hook up a secondary display without worrying about it leaking?

I can’t disconnect it, because it is on warranty, and I am pretty sure the warranty says not to tamper with it. I already know I can hook up a second display, so don’t worry about that. I got that under control.

EDIT: I forgot to say, the reason I am asking this is because it is going to be awhile before I can send it off, and I need it in the mean time. So don’t say just send it off, please. I have already tried to do that.

#2

I know people who used laptops with cracked LCD’s for at least a year and had no ill effects on their physical health

I also know a guy who spilled 2 drops of milk on his screen and it cracked from the inside after being totally fine for 2 days.

if you need help enabling the external display, try FN+the monitor icon on one of the function keys, F5 on mine.

#3

how did you crack it?

#4

Hold windows hey and tap P twice on windows 7 for second monitor. (If you don’t have the fn+monitor option)

#5

Break the screen off and hook up the functional chunk to a projector. It’s fucking awesome.

#6

“Liquid Crystal Displays” are not really liquid in the sense of a glass of water. You don’t need to worry about it leaking out. An external display will work fine until you can get it sent in for repair.

#7

Thanks. I was just a little worried, and I need this laptop.

I don’t think Dell would appreciate me ripping it off though :lol:

#8

doesn’t work with cracked screens, only dead backlight

Also in the future don’t worry about a screen leaking unless it’s a plasma.

#9

What wouldn’t work? If I understood him correctly all he meant was unscrewing the display from the laptop and using the other part as sort of an all-in-one computer. I did it with one of mine, and combined with wireless display technology I think it could make the perfect htpc.

#10

I thought what he meant is removing the reflective layers from the LCD and using an overhead projector to look at the picture

#11

Unless you have an LG plasma and a weird japanese tool.

This vid is pure art.

#12

I would still worry about it, those plasmas are unpredictable, sometimes the picture gets fuzzy just because of how it was stored.

#13

imagine a broken LCD would leak rainbow colored fluid :retard:

#14

Yep. But I love the way they lay it down slowly and carefully… then proceed to smack it :stuck_out_tongue:

#15

I find it disturbing, imagine someone who hates could will shake your hand with a smile like nothing happened then proceed to bash your head with a wrench.

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