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Can anyone explain to me the most inexpensive way to repair a completely hosed lcd screen on a Gateway laptop?

I have a gateway 15" mt6707 laptop in otherwise perfect shape except the screen is hosed. There's large black chasms all over the screen and cracks and it's just totally destroyed. Now I've worked with desktops my whole life and would have no issue building a new one or whatever, but I'm new to laptops, and if it's technically possible for me to do (e.g. I can solder, assemble etc.), can someone tell me either how to do it myself or cheaply? Thanking you very much in advance ^.^

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1. Unless you buy a new screen and SOMEHOW insert it into the casing, you're basically screwed. Hope this helps.
2. Unfortunately, HP sucks at selling replacement LCD's to the consumer. They much prefer you to pay for one of their technicians to repair it for you. However, you can contact HP Parts and Repair to see if they can ship you an LCD assembly for you to install. This may save you some money, but HP definitely does not look to make this process cheap. There are several websites that are fairly reputable when it comes to these kind of services. I broke my HP Pavillion Laptop's screen a year ago during a flight home. The way I replaced it was going onto ebay.com and typing in the model number of my machine (in my case pavillion ze5200. I was able to find a bunch of replacement screens. I got lucky and found the entire assembly so I didn't even need to take apart the screen's plastic shell, but just unattached it from the base and popped the new one on. If you don't have an ebay account, while I will personally attest to the amazing savings you can get, HPs parts department may be your only option. Don't bother calling until monday though... they are only open till 5pm PST monday through friday... believe me, I know.... Good luck with your screen. I know it sucks to see that black radioactive goo.
3. Buy the LCD and replace it yourself. Make sure and record where each screw came from. I use box card board to sketch a diagram of the screw pattern on. When you take a screw out simply press it into the card board on the diagram's location of the screw. It should take about 3 hour front to back. http://computers.search-desc.ebay.com/gateway-15-mt6707_Screens-LCD-Panel-for-Laptops_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfgtpZQQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQlopgZQQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ42185QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsatitleZgatewayQ2015Q22Q20mt6707QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs
4. Everyone says if you mess up the screen might as well buy a new laptop. Well this is true if you purchased your laptop for under $600. A new LCD can run you from $350 and Up. Its funny how the ones that startd saying this are the salespeople that sell you the laptops in the retail stores. If you have a LAptop $1000+ then its more cost effective to replace the LCD through an LCD vendor. google it...check it for yourself. P.S. - the most inexpensive way to fix your problem is simply use an LCD monitor by connecting to it.