Cracked Lap Top Screen!! Help

[crimson king 500]

Bought a £800 lap top from PC world earlier this year and it has been great, reason I wanted it was so i could carry it around, well today, I was carrying it around and I have managed to crack the screen, not on the surface, but inside and now cannot get into the data. The particles or whatever show up as just all white space, with only the top left still being legible. It has been suggested that if I link up a monitor then I can at least use it still, but I was kinda hoping it might be repairable?

Any suggestions welcome.......Thanks
CK500

[.Mark]

Not likely repairable I'm afraid. How old is it, couldn't claim on credit card insurance or something?

Failing that, drop me a line I may be able to help getting yours repaired - no promises.

[crimson king 500]

Cheers .Mark I will look at the agreement and see, but if not will drop you a line.
Thanks
CK500

[JamieBeeston]

you will be able to use it with a monitor still, for the time being, incase you need to get any data off.

As for the screen... House hold insurance should see you with a spanky new laptop.

[agent006]

Screen can be replaced, but not repaired.

[crimson king 500]

Thanks again, managed to get the data off of it I needed, by using the monitor on my home pc....now trying to see if anyone local can repair the screen.
CK500

[sjg]

If it's one of the mainstream manufacturers, you may be lucky and be able to source a replacement LCD for it cheaply. Like with cars, there are laptop breakers who take the good bits off broken laptops and sell them on.

If it's one of PC World's own-brand ones (Advent) it's not as hopeful, they tend to buy in smallish batches of whatever's going at the time and sourcing a new replacement LCD will probably be more than the laptop's worth. Claim off your household insurance if you can.

[grady]

Check ebay for a parted out screen