Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday January 12, 2004 @07:54AM from the more-difficult-than-you-might-think dept.

halosfan asks: "I recently broke the LCD bezel (the plastic thing that holds the LCD and related wires together) on a laptop that I bought half a year ago. I checked eBay as well as a few online stores specializing in laptop replacement parts, but still couldn't find the replacement. I contacted the manufacturer, but they were absolutely useless. Local laptop repair shop said they wouldn't replace the bezel without replacing the LCD, which isn't acceptable. It is an extremely frustrating situation, as the bezel is a minor part that I otherwise couldn't care less about, but it is necessary to carry the laptop around. I am wondering what other ways are there to obtain a laptop replacement part? Also, any recommendations for manufacturers that are good about making obscure replacement parts for their laptops available to the general public?" Does your laptop manufacturer make it easy or hard to get the necessary replacement parts?

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BOOYAH! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-12 07:55 · Score: -1, Troll

First post, bitchez!
two words by bhawbaker · 2004-01-12 07:59 · Score: 0, Troll

duct tape
Re:Computer Junkyards by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-12 08:07 · Score: -1, Troll

Well, THAT was a useless comment, contributing nothing to the discussion whatsoever.
hey have one made by abolith · 2004-01-12 10:05 · Score: 0, Troll

I have a friend who is a machinest and his little clippy thing that hold his cd-romin busted and Thshiba told him to take a flyin leap off a bridge. so he pulled it out, modeled it and made a Titanium one (lets see that one break). problem solved.

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