Solve : Qosmio G35-AV600 ... Looking for affordable display replacemen

1.	Solve : Qosmio G35-AV600 ... Looking for affordable display replacement?
Answer» I have a Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Laptop that was given to me in used running condition, BUT the display has a few verticle hairlines on it. Plugged VGA out into VGA monitor and the lines are only on the laptops display so the display must be the cause. This laptop is a nice laptop with exception to the lines, but I am only willing to put up to $50 in parts into it and I found a display replacement, but it costs far beyond what this laptop is worth at a cost of $305 after shipping as seen here: http://www.amazon.com/Glossy-Screen-Toshiba-Qosmio-G35-AV600/dp/B0084H6UU0/ref=pd_cp_pc_0 Was going to contact the seller to see if they would take $50( shipping included) to get rid of this display for a 2006 model laptop which most people probably wouldnt bother replacing due to its age, but dont see that option on amazon like ebay has where you can contact the seller and make offers. $305 is a crazy price TAG when $305 is almost the cost of a new laptop that is far more powerful than the Core 2 Duo T2400 1.83Ghz CPU. Worst comes worst, I can get buy with the lines, but would be nice to fix this inexpensively since its not worth much today compared to its $2400 price tag when it was new! In addition to this issue, the battery pack is also just about shot. If its unplugged from an outlet its dead in about 10 minutes after a full charge. Not going to bother with bettery replacement which is unnecessary since I can get by with using it when its plugged in vs wasting money. Figured I'd post this in case anyone knows of a good cheap place to buy old obsolete laptop displays. The display is a 17" WXGA+ Glossy LCD CCFL B0084H6UU0Let me say you have four problems, not just one. It is a 17 inch display, more costly. You want to replace it yourself. You imagine you can get it for $50. The battery is shot. A laptop with a bad battery is not very portable. Why not just confine it to your desk and use it with your external monitor? Sorry, I can't help any. Quote Worst comes worst, I can get buy with the lines, but would be nice to fix this inexpensively since its not worth much today compared to its $2400 price tag when it was new! Do the lines really annoy you?Quote Do the lines really annoy you? Its like driving a car with a cracked windshield with about 3 or 4 cracks. If you drive long enough your brain blocks it out, until you drive into the sunlight or into oncoming headlights and it is more defined similar to the laptops display of which they are more noticable when gaming and the games environment is dark etc, while if surfing the web or working on a document with a white background there are TIMES when you no longer notice them. The fix of adding an external monitor is like the movie Ace Ventura with Jim Carrey driving with his head out the window instead of viewing the road through a bad windshield in his navy blue early 1970s Chevy Monte Carlo. Even though this laptop has a bummed battery that only lasts up to 10 minutes, is purpose would be like a portable desktop with a UPS that last just 10 minutes for gaming with friends at DIABLO 2 and UT99 lan PARTIES etc which the hardware is perfectly spec'd for awesome gaming performance with GeForce 7300 Mobile GPU. *This laptop would choke on modern games, but its perfect for games of its time period/ release DATE 2006 and prior games. Figured I'd post here in case someone knew of a place I haven't found to buy good used laptop displays. As you stated its a large display which generally comes at a premium, but a display that only works for obsolete laptops is not very valuable unless there is a demand. If it were a desktop computer display that worked among just about any computer and high definition and lightning fast refresh and in demand, then i could see a realistic price tag, but the $305 for an obsolete display for a laptop made in 2006 is fishing for a rare catch, in which the rare catch is someone who actually will pay $305 for the display and pay or take the time to install it on top of that. This laptop if it was running healthy without issues I'd say it would be worth less than $200 since a Core 2 Duo 1.83Ghz and 2GB RAM with 160GB of IDE Hard Drive space is slow. The 3 features i like about this laptop is the audio quality, TV Capture built in, and its nice and thick and not flimsy.Maybe so. On eBay you can get a NEW 17 inch LCD for much less. Quote New 17" WXGA+ Laptop LCD Screen for Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 $132.87 But for about $160 you get the whole laptop! Of course, buying on eBay has some issues. I always use Ebay for screens, I generally find they're the best price. I see a screen on Ebay UK for £70, haven't checked Ebay US though. I always buy from a decent business seller, so I have a warranty and good returns policy in case the screen isn't as described. I've had 0 problems so far in 15-20 screen replacements though.

Solve : Qosmio G35-AV600 ... Looking for affordable display replacement?

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I have a Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Laptop that was given to me in used running condition, BUT the display has a few verticle hairlines on it. Plugged VGA out into VGA monitor and the lines are only on the laptops display so the display must be the cause.

This laptop is a nice laptop with exception to the lines, but I am only willing to put up to $50 in parts into it and I found a display replacement, but it costs far beyond what this laptop is worth at a cost of $305 after shipping as seen here: http://www.amazon.com/Glossy-Screen-Toshiba-Qosmio-G35-AV600/dp/B0084H6UU0/ref=pd_cp_pc_0

Was going to contact the seller to see if they would take $50( shipping included) to get rid of this display for a 2006 model laptop which most people probably wouldnt bother replacing due to its age, but dont see that option on amazon like ebay has where you can contact the seller and make offers. $305 is a crazy price TAG when $305 is almost the cost of a new laptop that is far more powerful than the Core 2 Duo T2400 1.83Ghz CPU.

Worst comes worst, I can get buy with the lines, but would be nice to fix this inexpensively since its not worth much today compared to its $2400 price tag when it was new!

In addition to this issue, the battery pack is also just about shot. If its unplugged from an outlet its dead in about 10 minutes after a full charge. Not going to bother with bettery replacement which is unnecessary since I can get by with using it when its plugged in vs wasting money.

Figured I'd post this in case anyone knows of a good cheap place to buy old obsolete laptop displays.

The display is a 17" WXGA+ Glossy LCD CCFL B0084H6UU0Let me say you have four problems, not just one.
It is a 17 inch display, more costly.
You want to replace it yourself.
You imagine you can get it for $50.
The battery is shot.

A laptop with a bad battery is not very portable.
Why not just confine it to your desk and use it with your external monitor?
Sorry, I can't help any.

Quote

Worst comes worst, I can get buy with the lines, but would be nice to fix this inexpensively since its not worth much today compared to its $2400 price tag when it was new!

Do the lines really annoy you?Quote

Do the lines really annoy you?

Its like driving a car with a cracked windshield with about 3 or 4 cracks. If you drive long enough your brain blocks it out, until you drive into the sunlight or into oncoming headlights and it is more defined similar to the laptops display of which they are more noticable when gaming and the games environment is dark etc, while if surfing the web or working on a document with a white background there are TIMES when you no longer notice them.

The fix of adding an external monitor is like the movie Ace Ventura with Jim Carrey driving with his head out the window instead of viewing the road through a bad windshield in his navy blue early 1970s Chevy Monte Carlo.

Even though this laptop has a bummed battery that only lasts up to 10 minutes, is purpose would be like a portable desktop with a UPS that last just 10 minutes for gaming with friends at DIABLO 2 and UT99 lan PARTIES etc which the hardware is perfectly spec'd for awesome gaming performance with GeForce 7300 Mobile GPU. *This laptop would choke on modern games, but its perfect for games of its time period/ release DATE 2006 and prior games.

Figured I'd post here in case someone knew of a place I haven't found to buy good used laptop displays. As you stated its a large display which generally comes at a premium, but a display that only works for obsolete laptops is not very valuable unless there is a demand. If it were a desktop computer display that worked among just about any computer and high definition and lightning fast refresh and in demand, then i could see a realistic price tag, but the $305 for an obsolete display for a laptop made in 2006 is fishing for a rare catch, in which the rare catch is someone who actually will pay $305 for the display and pay or take the time to install it on top of that. This laptop if it was running healthy without issues I'd say it would be worth less than $200 since a Core 2 Duo 1.83Ghz and 2GB RAM with 160GB of IDE Hard Drive space is slow.

The 3 features i like about this laptop is the audio quality, TV Capture built in, and its nice and thick and not flimsy.Maybe so. On eBay you can get a NEW 17 inch LCD for much less.
Quote

New 17" WXGA+
Laptop LCD Screen
for Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600
$132.87

But for about $160 you get the whole laptop!

Of course, buying on eBay has some issues.

I always use Ebay for screens, I generally find they're the best price. I see a screen on Ebay UK for £70, haven't checked Ebay US though.
I always buy from a decent business seller, so I have a warranty and good returns policy in case the screen isn't as described. I've had 0 problems so far in 15-20 screen replacements though.

Solve : Qosmio G35-AV600 ... Looking for affordable display replacement?

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