ScreenTek, a Houston based company, www.screentekinc.com offers customers replacement notebook screens at an affordable price that makes repairing your system much more cost effective than buying a new notebook.  In addition, screen replacement is less time consuming than having to transfer all your data files, applications and personal settings to a new notebook. By replacing the screen, a notebook user can save an average of $700 per breakage incident based on the 2006 average cost of a new notebook computer. This cost savings when extended to the more than 3 million notebook users per year that break their screens can represent a $2 billon industry-wide savings opportunity.

    Most notebook makers carry a limited supply of replacement screens for any particular model due to their cost and uncertainty with respect to future screen replacement demand.   ScreenTek claims they carry screens for more than 90% of notebooks that are less than 3 years old including both Apple and PC.  Furthermore, these screens are the exact same screens you would buy if you purchased a replacement screen direct from the notebook maker, but for significantly less.  

    A typical 14.0” wide screen for example direct from one of the large notebook brands could cost between $600 and $900, but from ScreenTek the exact same brand new screen would only cost $295 retail. 

    So how do they provide prices lower than the notebook makers? Well, it is a combination of volume purchasing from the screen manufacturers and high pricing maintained by the notebook makers.  

    Now you may think that replacing the screen on your notebook is a daunting task, but with ScreenTek’s easy to understand notebook screen removal instructions and a couple of tools, this task took only 30 minutes to be up and running again. But if you feel uncomfortable replacing the screen yourself, ScreenTek will replace the screen for you at no additional charge.   

    To begin you just need a few tools to complete the task; a screwdriver and something to pop off the rubber grommets, like an exacto knife. Make sure your notebook is unplugged and the battery has been removed. The instructions below represent the typical removal process, however, each notebook may be different. 
 

Step 1: Removing Rubber and Plastic Grommets	Step 2: Removing Screws from Display Assembly	Step 3: Removing Front Bezel
Step 4: Removing Screen from Internal Brackets	Step 5: Disconnecting Video Data Cable	Step 6: Unplugging Power Inverter Cable