Is there anything more frustrating than replacing a laptop screen?

[undeterred]

Because if there is, I don't want to do it. 4 hours to take it apart, 2.5 hours to install the new one and close it up. Wires showing, but it works. Its a MAC but I had the same issue with a Dell laptop. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

I did this as a favor for a friend, and I told her I'd only done it once before. She wants the wires out of sight. I don't want anything more to do with it.

[RoyGBiv]

1. Wires out of site? No problem.

No, there is nothing more frustrating that replacing a laptop monitor ... unless it's the fact most people you do it for have no appreciation for just how frustrating it is.

[hunter]

3. I used yellow duct tape on my laptop. And hot glue.

It's an old wreck of a Dell Latitude which I intercepted on its way to the scrapyard and "upgraded" with a solid state hard drive (using a CompactFlash IDE adaper), Linux, and a wireless card.

I wanted one of those nifty netbooks, but I couldn't deal with the small keyboard or the expense, so I made my own.

[hobbit709]

2. Replacing the hard drive on a Sony is right up there too.

You have to disassemble the case to get at it.

[lpbk2713]

4. The IDE cable came loose on the mobo end ...

... of my laptop. So now instead of a laptop I have a doorstop. I just don't care to take it apart just to plug a cable back in. It's an older laptop and I have been trying to talk myself into getting a new one anyway, so whenever I see a good deal I'll probably get one.