Recent content by lebowitzit

My customer and I both bought the correct screen - the LED backlit version, in this case. The incorrect screen would not be plug-compatible, and the fluorescent backlit version requires an inverter board, which I would have recognized immediately. Your screen model number doesn't really help to...

I opened up the laptop and looked at the power/Ethernet board. Curiously, that board had dirt deposits and corrosion consistent with water damage, even though the rest of the computer looked immaculate both inside and out. I replaced the board, and the computer began charging and running...

I am trying to fix a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 that won't work with its AC adapter, but detects its presence, as strange as this may sound. Over the last couple of weeks, it acted as if there were a loose connection somewhere: sometimes it was possible to get it to work and charge the battery by...

I finally gave up and brought the laptop to a repair shop. They had a compatible display panel that was known to be good, could not get it to work with this laptop and concluded that the problem is with the motherboard. The cost of a motherboard and the labor to install it, along with the parts...

A customer of mine attempted to replace a damaged (LED backlit) display panel on a late model HP Pavilion g6-1d08x laptop. He subsequently brought it to me, and, seeing that he had mangled the connectors of both the display cable and screen, I ordered replacements for both. When I put it back...

I'm game to try it, but like most brands of adhesive, there are multiple JB Weld adhesives to choose from. Which one do you recommend? Thanks! Mark Lebowitz Chicago, IL

My daughter has a Lenovo IdeaPad U160, which is basically a fairly powerful subnotebook (circa 2010) in a netbook case. Its lid broke loose from the right hinge, and as difficult as this may be to believe, when I took it apart, I discovered that the hinges are secured to the inside of the screen...