A few years back (1999) my wife stepped on our brand new notebook computer with a 15 inch LCD. Guess what--the LCD cracked--and this is when she only weighed 105, but I digress. I couldn't freakin' believe it. (At least the backlight still worked.) Removing many sticky hole-covers and small screws, I took apart the notebook and on the back of the broken display was a sticker with the Samsung part number. Google wasn't around, or I didn't know about it, so I used Copernic to search the web for a new LCD with no luck. Since I'm an electrical engineer, I called my local Samsung rep to get the datasheet and pricing. Even though the computer was only a few months old, Samsung had already discontinued the LCD and was on to version 2 with a different form and fit. I got the datasheet, but couldn't buy a new display. So I ended up sending the computer back to Dell for a replacement LCD and it cost about $850. Ouch! I wish there had been an online used LCD swap-meet back then. Moral of the story--don't trash your old but still working LCD's. At least give'em to some sleezy used LCD salesman to resell to poor bastards like me.
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A few years back (1999) my wife stepped on our brand new notebook computer with a 15 inch LCD. Guess what--the LCD cracked--and this is when she only weighed 105, but I digress. I couldn't freakin' believe it. (At least the backlight still worked.) Removing many sticky hole-covers and small screws, I took apart the notebook and on the back of the broken display was a sticker with the Samsung part number. Google wasn't around, or I didn't know about it, so I used Copernic to search the web for a new LCD with no luck. Since I'm an electrical engineer, I called my local Samsung rep to get the datasheet and pricing. Even though the computer was only a few months old, Samsung had already discontinued the LCD and was on to version 2 with a different form and fit. I got the datasheet, but couldn't buy a new display. So I ended up sending the computer back to Dell for a replacement LCD and it cost about $850. Ouch! I wish there had been an online used LCD swap-meet back then. Moral of the story--don't trash your old but still working LCD's. At least give'em to some sleezy used LCD salesman to resell to poor bastards like me.