Laptop Screen Cleaning Tips

A laptop screen tends to accrue dust, fingerprints, and marks from various daily activities. Regular laptop screen cleanup helps to reduce strain on eyes while carrying out precious work activities. Various screen cleaning products are available in the market but while choosing considers ammonia or alcohol-free cleaner as they responsible for screen degradation. Instead, one can go with less expensive cleaners like cotton balls, soft cloth or mop with a homemade solution.

Cleaning steps:

• Read the manual of a laptop or computer for any cleaning product limitations.

• Turn off the device and keep the screen open in a wide angle. Extend a clean and heavy towel on the base to cover the keyboard.

• Clean the laptop or desktop screen with a cotton cloth or swab to eradicate dust particles.

• Prepare a solution for cleaning using 50% distilled water and 50% white vinegar in a spray bottle.

• Spray a solution on soft cotton cloth or swab and wipe the screen in gentle circular direction.

Try to avoid few things:

•  Do not spray cleaner directly on the screen; it may possible to leak through the frame and damage inner electronic part.

• Do not clean the screen with rough cloth or figures.

•   Do not press cotton swab on the screen otherwise, the solution may flow down into the frame of screen or keyboard.

• Do not overuse, it is ideal to use once in a week only to keep the screen clean.

Laptop Screen Repair- Easy Troubleshooting Methods

A laptop is mostly used tech device now days and quite expensive as well. The screen is the most delicate part of it and can damage easily due to hard external force. But many times any damage on external screen leads to no output on it does not mean the problem lies with internal hardware as well. Laptop screen repair is considered as major task and the technician needs extensive knowledge of the subject. 

But at initial level you can troubleshoot with easier steps and rectify problem so, it will be easier to approach technician with exact cause. Few of laptop repair stores offers free diagnose but many not so, basic troubleshooting can save your potential time along with money. 

If the power light is glow then try to press caps lock button on the keyboard few times. If the button light glows and turned off then you can be sure that the problem is limited to external screen or display and not with the internal system. Then try to adjust brightness from low to high if you will be able to see display within it then the lightning is not sufficient to clearly seen screen of laptop. If these methods will fail then connect with external monitor and if you will be able to see the display then surely considered that problem lies only with external display and not with internal hardware.

DIY tips for laptop screen repair!

Are you thinking that life of laptop ends when the screen goes dead? It will be difficult to work on cracked screen; of course, it depends on a size of crack always. I am pretty sure that after reading this article you will be able to replace the screen of the laptop in a just hour with a lower price than official service.

•Remove plastic or rubber covers from the bottom or corners of a laptop screen.

•Remove screws under plastic or rubber cover using tweezers.

•Use a plastic opening tool to pop off clips attached to the parameter.

•You will get screws attached to the clip; remove it using a screw driver.

•Just pop the screen out and put flat on a keyboard. The screen is still attached to a keyboard with wires so do not pull out completely from the keyboard.

•Inside video cable connector is covered with a clear tape to secure it. Remove that strip with tweezers or fingers. 

•Carefully unplug the screen. You can use tweezers for it.

•Remove old damaged screen and replace with new one.

•The screen is surrounded by plastic or metal bezel, just be careful while replacing the screen as it can break if not handled properly.