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Re: [LUG] OT Laptop disaster.

 

Paul Sutton writes:
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> jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Hi, my beloved stepdaughter managed to drop my nice shiny laptop this 
>> morning, bless her, and as a result I now have a cool paychadelic pattern on 
>> the screen....and not much else. It's completely knackered in other words 
>> although, under said pattern, I can just make out the machene booting 
>> normaly so it is just the screen that has been effected.
>>   Does anyone know if those screens are replacable or do I have to replace 
>> the whole thing?....
>> Jon Davey  
>> 
> There is a shop in ellacome torquay that sells laptop bits including
> screens, so i assume this means you can replace the screen 
> 
> if it works does the vga out work,  you could use that as a temporary thing
> Paul
> Paul Sutton
> www.zleap.net

....Thanks paul! why didn't I think of that? I could just plug a monitor 
into the VGA port till I order a new screen. Is this shop online anywhere, 
will I be able to find it with a google?...

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