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Since people who ask for help and then disappear when they’ve solved a problem really piss me off, I post here all the baggage of experience I’ve gathered in the past days following mi disadventure.
1) Yes, you can change it yourself, it’s a very, very easy process.
2) The NC10 lcd model nr. is CLAA102NA0ACW, 10.2″ wsvga 1024×600.
3) The average price for this lcd are: 80£, 90€, 120$ with the glossy addition.
4) Where to find them? Putting the model nr. in various ebays (com,uk,de,es) gave me a pretty good and wide choice and probably will be your best bet.
I hope this will be useful to someone.
Cheers.[quote1235773744=Rudj]
Since people who ask for help and then disappear when they’ve solved a problem really piss me off, I post here all the baggage of experience I’ve gathered in the past days following mi disadventure.1) Yes, you can change it yourself, it’s a very, very easy process.
2) The NC10 lcd model nr. is CLAA102NA0ACW, 10.2″ wsvga 1024×600.
3) The average price for this lcd are: 80£, 90€, 120$ with the glossy addition.
4) Where to find them? Putting the model nr. in various ebays (com,uk,de,es) gave me a pretty good and wide choice and probably will be your best bet.
I hope this will be useful to someone.
Cheers.
[/quote1235773744]Well done, this should be put in the FAQ for future reference.
Thanks chap, these kinds of posts add a lot of value to the forum!
Added to FAQ too! Need to round up some other screen related questions to add in too :)!
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hopefully not too many people would find this helpful..
[/quote1237160830]i’m confused as to what that even means…
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[quote1237160830=asitmc]
hopefully not too many people would find this helpful..
[/quote1237160830]i’m confused as to what that even means…
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I took it as meaning that asitmc hopes that you (or too many other people) don’t break your screen and have to use this guide.[quote1237243982=Alfihar]
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[quote1237160830=asitmc]
hopefully not too many people would find this helpful..
[/quote1237160830]i’m confused as to what that even means…
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I took it as meaning that asitmc hopes that you (or too many other people) don’t break your screen and have to use this guide.
[/quote1237243982]oh yeah, DUH! lol silly me
Hi Rudj,
Many thanks for supplying the model number of the NC10 screen. I broke mine last night and felt much better after reading your post.
I’m happy to change it myself but I haven’t found any instructions on how to remove the screen.
Did you figure it out yourself or find instructions on the web? I would greatly appreciate any help. I notice the screws are all coded on the notebook.
Thanks again,
Shane
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Hi Rudj,Many thanks for supplying the model number of the NC10 screen. I broke mine last night and felt much better after reading your post.
I’m happy to change it myself but I haven’t found any instructions on how to remove the screen.
Did you figure it out yourself or find instructions on the web? I would greatly appreciate any help. I notice the screws are all coded on the notebook.
Thanks again,
Shane
[/quote1238153006]This Ebay Auction has some kind of replacement manual. I think it can be applied to the NC10 aswell since its the same display type as mentioned by Rudj.
I found this one if anybody is interested. Looks like an excellent tutorial on how to replace the screen on an NC10.
http://netbookmag.com/2009/02/03/tutorial-samsung-nc10-touchscreen-installation/
i damage my screen ( i think) and now it only displays solid grey. i’m thinking about replacing the lcd but i’m wondering about the connector. on the nc10 there’s only one connector behind he screen. can someone enlightent me on this subject?
Hi Everyone – I thought I’d add my experience here too.
I had to replace my Sammy’s screen. (Don’t drop your 10 lb. notebook on your 2.5 lb. Sammy.)
Anyway, I called Samsung to get a work order going and they gave me the phone number for the company who would do the work so I could get the quote on replacement. So I called and to send my computer to them it would be $270 + shipping (to & from). WOW! So I thought, “I could almost buy another netbook”, but I love my sammy.
So I decided to look into replacing the screen by myself.
I searched for how to’s online and found one site for how to install a touchscreen (noted in a previous post) and this thread. I thought that I could do it. I ended up finding a screen through ScreenCountry based out of Canada. On their website I was able search for the screen by NC10 compatible, perfect. It was around $115 with shipping. A savings of over $155 (because the $270 didn’t include shipping).
So I ordered the screen and had it delivered standard ground. It took a little over a week to come (it had to come into the USA and across the country.)
While waiting for the screen to come I had to track down a POZI screwdriver. I tried a tiny philips I had at home, but it slipped on the first turn, so I didn’t want to try any more for fear of stripping the screw. I had read on here before about the POZI. I went to several stores before someone was nice enough to direct me to Radio Shack, where I found a 20 peice precision set with two different size POZI drives (0 & 00). This set was about $17 but I couldn’t have done the repair without it and I have it for future use. The other “tool” that was suggested on one site was a guitar pick. I have one of those at home by chance and I found it and set it aside for when my screen arrived.
So today my screen arrived and I immediately got ready to switch it out. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it and to make sure the the screen I ordered was in good condition.
There was no reason to be concerned. It really was a simple procedure. And certainly not worthy of the $155 the repair company wanted for labor.
First I popped off the four rubberized screw covers and stuck them to a plastic bag as not to lose them and removed the battery. Then I unscrewed the four screws with the 0 size POZI and placed them in a cup (again to not lose the tiny screws).
After this, I used the guitar pick to separate the plastic casing. I started at the bottom of the screen, with the lid closed and just carefully popped the little clips apart then slowly worked my way around the whole casing.
The next part was the “toughest” as I didn’t realize there was double stick tape helping hold the screen to the casing. This tape is the whole way along the top of the screen, below the web cam. But I finally got it and the casing came right apart. (Some of the taping stuck to the old screen and some is on the casing which I left to help stick the new screen to it. Ideally, you want as much tape left on the casing as it will help secure it when you put everything back together.)
So once the front casing is off, the complete screen is exposed and there are two brackets holding to the lid. I unscrewed the four additional screws holding it to the lid. (Again with POZI 0 and put screws in cup – so far all the same size). Now the screen can be flipped down off the back of the lid. The screen is “plug n’ play,” excellent!.
There was a piece of translucent yellow tape covering up the connection, not sure why (unless its a warranty thing?) but I saved this. I then carefully unplugged the broken screen and carefully unstuck the “wrapped” wires from the back of the screen. This is hard to explain, but if your ever behind the screen of your sammy you’ll get it.
Next step was to remove the brackets on each side. Each bracket has two screws. These were smaller then the other screws and I needed the POZI 00 to get them out. I put these screws it the cup too, they were silver instead of black so easy to tell apart. I made sure to keep the brackets on each side and in the right direction so I could easily switch the screens and know which way was the right way.
Okay,halfway there!!!
Now to reverse the process. I unpacked my new screen (actually I did this at the beginning to make sure it didn’t come broken – it looked good!) and removed the film protecting the screen. I then laid it face down on the table with a cloth under it. I replaced the brackets with the four silver screens, turning the screws just until they stop. (Again I had read online not to tighten the screws as tightening might crack the screen or casing.)
Next I moved the screen and cloth to the keyboard and again placed face down. I lined up the “plug n’ play” connector and carefully pushed together pushing by the plastic at the ends. I stuck the wires to the back of the screen as they were before. I also used the yellow tape I had removed to cover back over the connection. Not sure if this was necessary, but thought it might help “protect” the connection. Plus it was there when I took it apart, so I figured I’d put it back just in case.
Next was lifting the screen and setting it back in place, lining the screw holes back up for the brackets. I screwed it back in place. Thankfully I took pictures along the way, as I couldn’t remember exactly which screws went in now. It is two screws on each side, both toward the bottom. Again, I just screwed in the screws until they stopped (and I’m back to using the larger POZI 0).
Almost there, now it was time to put the casing back together. Basically I just lined it up and started snapping the two pieces back together, starting at the bottom and working my way up each side, finishing at the top by the web cam. I also slightly pushed along the top of the screen where the remaining double sided tape was to help re-secure. Screwed in the last four screws just until they stopped. Replaced the four rubber covers and finally the battery. DONE!
Now to test it out and double check the screen didn’t have any dead pixels and worked. YEAH!!! My sammy is back up and running. Thank goodness.
Thank you to this forum for being encouraging to Do-It-Yourselfers!
Sorry so long, but wanted to write a step-by-step as I think it will be helpful to others who are a little nervous about the process. I’m definitely not one to take apart a computer just to do it, but thought I’d give this repair a shot. I didn’t think I had much to lose and it ended up being very simple. Writing it up took longer then actually doing it. Probably 30-40 minutes total. Hope this helps!
Hi there – thank you very much for this thread. I have just followed your instructions and ordered a replacement for my NC10 which someone in my housefold accidentally stood on. Can anyone point me to instructions as to how to replace the panel and any hints and tips I should lookout for along the way. I promise to update you on my experience once I have been through the process
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