Screen damage gettin me down

[lucid]

I'm starting to think that Asus laptops suck. A year or so ago I had bought one and within a few weeks I had screen damage. It started as a little dot with some straight green lines coming out of it. The next day it was severely damaged with what seemed like pixel damage from the top of the screen to the bottom. I ended up buying a new laptop because there seemed to be no way to fix the screen cheaply. I always thought it was one of the fatass cats that was sitting on my screen when the laptop was closed. Anyway, I got the same laptop and for a year it's been fine. Until a few days ago a tiny black dot appeared on the screen. I keep my laptop in it's case so I don't think it's cats sitting on it. Just today I noticed some tiny green lines starting to come out of the little black dot. So, I'm thinking it's going to keep growing. I guess screen damage isn't the end of the world but considering this is the only computer I have and will be for awhile, and that this computer is basically what I do with my life, I'm pretty upset. My question is, is there anything I can do about this screen damage? How much would it cost to fix it?

[Kulverstukas]

You should of bought an Acer laptop. No such fuckery and everything that needs to be replaced is easily accessible and the laptop is easily disassembled.

Don't know about the screen fixing, but if it's a dead pixel, you could try some of those "dead pixel fixing" programs. I don't know if they are any use but you can give it a try anyway...

[proxx]

Lol I have excelent experience with asus laptops, in fact I bought another one 2 years ago or something.
Display from the previous one worked for rougly 8 years or so, which for these days is acceptable.
I had a discussion with someone recently about this subject.
We agreed that laptops business or consumer are total crap and built to die.
Couple of years ago they sold top of the line laptops which where designed to last.
I believe those days are over.
When its dead you just buy a new one right... welcome to capitalism.

And acer... nah.

[rasenove]

this should help, www.m.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor (yes im on a phone)

And Id suggest lenovo if your going to buy a new laptop. They have bareble price considering their product and they last decently long.

[lucid]

"dead pixel fixing" programs.

That's gotta be a joke right? Is this my only solution?

[lucid]

I found out that it's a dead pixel, not a stuck pixel. This little dot is black with tiny lines of green coming out of it. The black part is dead pixels. I'm thinking there's not a lot of things I can do to fix that. Is there any way I can fix the hardware?

[rasenove]

okhay broham, maybe this:
 http://youtube.com/watch?v=6GwrHzjgFtw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6GwrHzjgFtw

[lucid]

okhay broham, maybe this:
 http://youtube.com/watch?v=6GwrHzjgFtw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6GwrHzjgFtw

Already tried it

[Snayler]

I don't think there are programs to fix that. My solution would be to buy a display off ebay and replace it yourself, assuming you're comfortable dismantling your laptop (which I know you don't, lucid). I started dismantling laptops with disassembly tuts from the web, maybe you can find one for your computer's model.

[proxx]

Cmon repairing laptops isn't that hard, just be careful and take pictures during every step.

[silenthunder]

Since I see lots of opinions on laptops here, I'll throw in my 2 cents..

Asus laptops are/can be some of the best laptops. I highly respect them. I would assume that you just happened to get one from the bad batch both times.. Someone mentioned Acer, I HATE Acer with SUCH a burning passion. And Lenovo..well, you could do better, but they aren't terrible. Don't shoot me for this, but I'm kinda partial for Dell. It's very likely that it's just because I've been around them all my life and know everything about them, it makes it easier for me to know how to fix them. Anyways, I'm gonna stop ranting about this and see what people say about my opinions.

ON TOPIC: Usually laptop screens are between $50-200 in US currency. The replacement process is much different for every brand, however usually you can do it yourself at home pretty easily. Just remember to be very careful with the wires, and don't use your bare hands on them.

[lucid]

I guess that's what I'll have to do. I can't be having my laptop fall apart on me. I'm too poor to get a new computer just yet.

Hopefully the local computer guy isn't too expensive although I bet he is.

[Snayler]

@silenthunder: You forgot to mention HP. They suck balls, lots of overheating problems. I also respect ASUS a lot, but I'm disappointed by their Ultrabook models. I've had the chance to open one and I must say, having a ribbon cable on top of the CPU fan is not a very god idea (see image below). Also, they seem to have a lot of troubles with the webcam. Not to mention it is basically a copy of the MacBook Air.

@lucid: As an alternative, you can always use an external monitor.

[lucid]

Well I just looked up a video on how to replace the screen for my particular laptop. It doesn't look too hard, I'm hoping it's not expensive. The only problem for me is going to be that it sounds like the dude is breaking the screen rim when he takes it off and that will make me nervous.

[silenthunder]

@silenthunder: You forgot to mention HP. They suck balls, lots of overheating problems. I also respect ASUS a lot, but I'm disappointed by their Ultrabook models. I've had the chance to open one and I must say, having a ribbon cable on top of the CPU fan is not a very god idea (see image below). Also, they seem to have a lot of troubles with the webcam. Not to mention it is basically a copy of the MacBook Air.

Didn't mention them cuz I didn't feel like it I guess.. But you're right, they suck. The only HP model I like is my friends pavilion laptop with beats audio, looks just like the envoy for some reason, but it's not bad.

Well I just looked up a video on how to replace the screen for my particular laptop. It doesn't look too hard, I'm hoping it's not expensive. The only problem for me is going to be that it sounds like the dude is breaking the screen rim when he takes it off and that will make me nervous.

You probably will break a plastic clip on the case, but that's to be expected unless you're a god at this kinda thing.