Laptop screen broken - what to do?
If your laptop screen is broken, there are some troubleshooting and workarounds. We will explain what you can do.
Broken screen? Small bugs in laptop monitors
If the laptop's only screen is broken, there are several causes. We have put together some errors and their solutions for you.
- The laptop monitor flickers.
- Read how to find and correct pixel errors.
- We have also put together tips for treating monitor scratches for you.
- If your monitor had problems shortly after you bought your laptop, you may still have a warranty or guarantee claim. In any case, there is no harm in contacting the manufacturer or dealer. Devices are often sent in as a goodwill and simple defects are repaired.
- Just make it clear beforehand that in the event of a paid repair, you would like to be informed beforehand in order to weigh up the costs and benefits.
- You can find out how you can include customer service from manufacturers such as Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, LG and Toshiba as well as retailers such as Red Coon and Saturn Online in various CHIP online practical tips.
Broken laptop monitor - you can do that
If your laptop screen is broken, you can repair it yourself, have it repaired, or work with an external monitor. We will show you other alternatives in the following picture gallery.
- If you are skilled in craftsmanship and your laptop is still quite new, you can replace defective displays with the help of these CHIP instructions.
- A repair at the manufacturer or in the workshop can cost between 30 to 50 euros for oxidized connections or defective cables and 200 to 400 euros including spare parts when replacing the monitor.
- If the laptop is not worth it to you, you should set up an external monitor as the standard monitor. First connect a second monitor to your laptop.
- If you can still see something on your screen, then right-click on the desktop, select "Screen resolution" and select the external monitor as the standard monitor. This should already be active when starting up.
- If you cannot see anything on your display, start up your notebook and wait a few minutes for Windows to load.
- Now hold down the [Windows] key and press the [P] key four times. That should transfer the image to the external monitor.
- If that doesn't work, try the key combination [Fn] + [F4].
- If the image is now displayed on the external screen, select it as the standard monitor as described in point 4.
Further CHIP online practical tips will tell you what you can do if water has run over your laptop keyboard or your entire notebook has fallen into the water, and when it is worthwhile to take out laptop insurance.
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Laptops usually have one or more of the connections shown here for external monitors. From left: VGA, DVI, Display Port and HDMI. Small devices often use mini VGA, mini or micro HDMI.
With the key combination [Windows] + [P] you can select the external monitor.
On some monitors this is also possible with the key combination [Fn] + [F4], only with the key [F4] or with a key that has the character shown here | □ | wearing.
Alternatively, many manufacturers offer a docking station. Your laptop snaps in here and the external monitor, mouse and keyboard are activated.
Especially with business laptops, the necessary connections can be found on the bottom.
