Removing the LCD from a Ideapad Y510

About a month ago, my Ideapad Y510 LCD cracked. Took about three weeks to get a firm "No." answer from Lenovo/IBM with regards to a warranty-covered repair. It cracked from a drop, albeit a very short drop, but Lenovo/IBM won't repair anything that fell from any drop, regardless of the distance. That's life.


At the recommendation of qhn, I checked out eBay for a screen. It turns out they aren't too expensive there. Now the tricky part is actually replacing it! I began removing the broken screen today (haven't bought a new one yet), and ran into some problems. Could someone with experience in this stuff lend a hand?

Here's the scoop:

The Ideapad Y510 has a screen that's flush with the plastic frame. All of the online demos I've seen show a plastic bezel that sticks out substantially, and that you just peel off. So, I'm a bit stuck here. It seems that the screen has both the LCD and a cover inserted into the frame, secured by something I can't see.

Here are a few pictures...

1. screw cap and screw removed from the side
2. screw cap and screw removed from the front
3. the LCD sliding out from the frame
4. the point at which I'm stuck. Can't go any further to the left and pry the screen out. It seems like it's screwed in. The same thing mirrors on the right side.
5. the screen assembly seems to be go all the way down to the hinge in front
6. the assembly coming off the frame a bit




I would be deeply indebted to anyone who can lend a hand!

Tried contacting some eBay LCD sellers for help. Two of them didn't bother responding, and the second wasn't much help. After describing the odd flush design of the LCD, I was told that the bezel should simply be pulled forward to be removed... Obviously not. I replied again with the info from the original post, and was told that the bezel ought to be held in with double sided sticky tape, and easily removed... Once again, obviously not. I'm really doubting that the support people for that company can even comprehend English (wouldn't be a surprise).

I'll take a look into a service manual in a few days once I get the time. Thanks for the heads up on those - never would have even known they existed. I assume it's just a blueprint/guide for the manufacturing of the laptop? Been very busy as of late, part of the reason it's taken me over a month to get this far, and another part of the reason that I'm up at 1:30AM when I've got work soon at 5:45AM!

Funny. I got a call at 9:05AM yesterday from my boss telling me I missed my shift... Hah... Apparently, I set my alarm to 5:20PM, rather than AM, and Google Calendars failed to send me my SMS reminder at 5:25AM (a failsafe - that failed, though it's saved me before in the past). Fortunately, since I've never done that before, and none of the supervisors on duty bothered to call me when I wasn't there late, (they have all the workers' numbers) I'm not in all that much trouble.


qhn, do you have any recommendations on websites to buy service manuals? I keep getting the spam-filled crap sites that have result pages on Google for search terms that have no results on their sites. (Causing people to click them, give them page impressions for their numerous ads, then hit the back button before moving on to the next similar site.)