I’m sure they would be perfectly fine to hold the panel to the backplate but I’m not sure about how they would handle the heat. I only call them command strips jokingly… Those are more of a porous foam composition than the far more rubbery genuine part HP sells. Some research needs to be done on that though. A more affordable alternative sure would be nice. Did I mention that they don’t always send the strips with a panel replacement order? Yea. That’s a thing.

Yea, I dislike applying any adhesive that i know is probably going to damage something if removed. Good shout on the dental floss, need to try that out.

Broadly speaking, yes. There are advantages to _good_ non-IPS screens... however, the vast majority of consumer laptops don't have good screens, they have the cheapest LCDs money can buy. It's a miracle that 1080p is finally standard. But yea, when working on higher-end stuff this is something to be considered!

HP designers spared a shielded cable, an antenna and two mcx connectors. With a single antenna, no diversity.

Consumer HP laptops.... aaaaren't very good. I actually cut a rant about the fact that this was a 2022 laptop with 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a single antenna wifi card, because that's not what this video is about.

@@Adamant_IT thanks. My old HP has two but can only handle 8gb of ram and won't suffer windows 11, but it does me👍

@@peterlennon1139 I still have my old HP Dv5 1190ep and still works great, ironically I had to replace the screen once, but it was a breeze compared to the one in the video. In fact, i have on order a Intel T9800 and a Intel Turbo Memory 2gb for the second free pcie slot (gonna spec it out). Don´t know if the Intel turbo memory module will make any perfomamce difference but it was dirty cheap and it will be cool to have it there.

@@peterlennon1139 - I'm thinking that we are soon (~ 1 year?) going to see a deluge of used PC's and laptops that don't "cut the mustard" for meeting Win 11 specs. I think the threshold is eg. 7th gen i7 (not sure but what I have heard). A bit of a shame and hard on the planet but if we upcycle these poor victims into Linux boxen then that would make it less worse. Cheers,

Not yet, I'm looking into it in spare time, but no plans to offer it as a service any time soon.

@@Adamant_IT Noted. I know that there is a great demand for graphics card repair mainly because these card are pretty expensive to replace. Thanks for your response all the same.

Yea, this bezel would've been a nightmare to do in-place. I will often try for an in-place removal, but also in recent times I've found it's often faster to just get on with removing the display assembly, rather than spend 15mins trying to get the bezel off in-place, only to realise you need to remove the assembly anyway. If I take the back panel off and see that the mobo needs to come out, I'd definitely try for an in-place removal. This is all assuming that we're practised though, beginners should always go for assembly-off.

If you disconnect the internal display and still get no output on HDMI, then it's very unlikely to be a display issue. At that point you'd be looking at chipset, BIOS, etc, issues.

(Universal) stretch release adhesive on aliexpress... also expensive even there.

Naa, it's just there to stop the antenna popping off, but I've genuinely never seen that happen on any laptop of any age, ever. When it's a plastic screw-on cover I'll put it back on, but I usually don't bother with the stick pad thing.

I will definitely have to give that a go. Pro tip!!!

I actually ordered a cheap low power heat gun recently just for the purpose of seeing if that will enable me to get those bezels off without destroying the panels. As you can imagine, if I have to replace the camera/mic assembly as a warranty repair and I break the panel trying to get to it, I’m down nearly $200 for a new genuine HP panel. If the depot breaks it for the same repair…they eat the cost, so it’s a no brainer until I can consistently remove the bezel with no panel damage. It’s super frustrating. My customers have to wait the additional few days for the depot service that I could handle same day IF they weren’t in love with glue. Just to be clear, I’ve been repairing laptops for almost 20 years and this is the first model that I’ve ever broken a panel on ever, and not just one. After the 4th time, I just conceded that the design was the problem and that was confirmed when I received the depot repairs back and saw new panels on every one of the parts replaced lists. I tried fighting back with HP citing the depot’s tendency to break panels at the same 100% rate as I was seeing in an effort to get my $800 back that I spent on those 4 warranty jobs. I’m sure you already know they told me to kick rocks. The really REALLY frustrating aspect of this is if they would source dependable cameras/mics that wouldn’t just stop working for NO reason less than a year after deployment, I wouldn’t have a need to even remove the panels! I’ve replaced more cameras in the past 2 years than I did the entire 17+ years prior. I get it…people working remotely now suddenly means that these embedded cameras are actually being utilized and thus, there will be failures. I just never imagined it would be as prolific a repair as it has become. If an HP representative is reading this (yea, right) please ask your design team to make enterprise models with sturdy panels, screws (can’t believe I have to ask for screws) for mounting panels, high quality cameras and mics and NOT the cheapest SSDs they can find. Enterprise machines are deployed to people who have little to no respect for the condition of the device. They get constantly dropped, sat on, run into the deepest parts of Hell while being used in their laps, on a blanket (“It’s called a laptop right? Durrrr”) and just general apathy for what are essentially the most budget machines that can be built that will “do the job”. They need a bit of resilience that has gone bye bye in the last few years. To be fair, HP is not the only manufacturer guilty of these practices. The insistence that laptops be as thin and light as possible while still performing like the desktop replacements of yesteryear is asinine. Make them sturdy and relatively reliable…that’s the hero we need, even though we don’t deserve it when we complain about a 4 lb device being “heavy”.

HP is notorious about putting the least amount of memory in their computers.

I just replaced a display on a Dell 15. It was 60hz 1080p with 40 pin connector, but was a touch display so I figured the extra pins were for touch.

That's disappointing to hear. I generally have a good experience with eBay UK, only had a couple of bad screens after buying many many. This is why I encourage people to share alternative suppliers though - may well help someone who has had no luck with eBay!

I'm getting the audio problems as well, I think the video render might've been bodged because I'm also seeing video artifacts from time to time.

Yea there was a problem with the recording rig (it's been fixed now) and I knew the cameras were a bit choppy, but didn't know the audio was affected until I got to editing😭