Project frankenlaptop is go!

So I may have mentioned a month or two back that I have two similar laptops with failing screens, where the failures are different between the two (one has an entire column of stuck pixels, the other a failing backlight). And that I thought I could combine the two into one fixed frankenlaptop? Well, earlier this month I made a start on this...

( Photos! )

Anyway, with that all done it's time to crack on (metaphorically, I hope!) with the screen.

Project frankenlaptop

Right, well the repair I've got in mind for project frankenlaptop is to replace the failing CCFL backlight tube in the R50p panel (which is otherwise fully functional) with the working tube from the R50e panel (that's the one with the stuck pixels). This is definitely not an easy repair - I have to dismantle two LCD panels, extract a long, thin, and above all fragile glass tube from both, fit the tube back to one panel, and then most importantly put it back together. And while I have instructions for removing the panel, I don't have anything further - IBM consider the panel a single replacement unit.

I fully expect that at least one screen (and, by extension, laptop) will not survive this. Anyway, onwards with more delayed photos!

( Onwards! )