Laptop Screen Repair and Replacement in Perth

Most cracked screens happen in a bag, a drop off a desk, or when the lid is closed on a pen or earbuds left on the keyboard. The crack may be in the top layer only, with the image clear behind it, or right through the panel.

A cracked screen with a clear image can usually wait for a convenient time, used carefully. A crack that is spreading, glass that is lifting, or damage creeping across the image is worth booking in sooner, since it tends to reach the point where the screen stops working altogether.

We fit a new panel made for your model and test it for brightness, colour and dead pixels before you collect the laptop. Our cracked screen guide explains each kind of damage and how urgent it is.

A screen that has gone completely dark while the laptop is still running can be a failed panel, a failed backlight, the display cable or, less often, the graphics. A faint image visible under a torch usually points to the backlight, and a laptop that works fine on an external monitor rules out most other causes.

We test which it is before quoting. If the panel has failed, it is a screen replacement. If it is the cable or a connection, it is the smaller flicker and cable repair further down this page.

Lines that stay in place whatever you do, black or ink-like patches, and colours bleeding across the image usually mean the panel itself was damaged, often by pressure or an impact that did not crack the glass. This kind of damage tends to spread across the screen over days or weeks.

If the lines change or disappear when you move the lid, it is more likely the cable, and that is a cheaper repair. We check which before recommending a new screen.

On most touchscreen laptops and 2-in-1s, the touch layer is bonded to the display, so a cracked or failed touchscreen means replacing the whole screen assembly. That is the touchscreen tier, from $170.

Touch that has stopped working without any damage is sometimes a driver or setting rather than hardware, and we check that first. Phantom touches, where the laptop reacts to touches you did not make, usually mean the touch layer has failed.

Gaming laptops often use high-refresh panels, 120Hz, 144Hz or faster, and fitting a standard panel instead would lose that. We match the refresh rate, resolution and connector to the original, so the laptop performs the way it did when it was new. High-refresh panels are the touchscreen and gaming tier, from $170.

The display cable runs from the laptop's base up through the hinge to the screen, and it flexes every time the lid opens. Over time it wears, or its connector works loose, and the picture starts to flicker, cut out or show lines at certain angles.

That is a cable or connection repair rather than a new screen, and usually cheaper. We test it by moving the lid through its range and checking the connection, then repair or replace the cable. If it turns out the panel has failed after all, we tell you before going further.

A broken hinge puts strain on the screen every time the lid moves, and it is one of the most common reasons display cables wear out and screens crack. Fixing the hinge early can save the screen. We repair or replace the hinge and check the mounts and cable while the laptop is open. Every other laptop fault we fix is on the laptop repair page.

A screen that is very dim, or no picture at all even on an external monitor, is not always the screen. It can be the backlight circuit, the graphics, the memory or a setting. This is one to diagnose rather than guess at.

The all-in diagnostic finds the cause and covers the repair labour. If a new screen or a part is needed, we tell you what it is and what it costs before fitting it.