Archive for August 2010

A Netbook Revived!

We got my little sister a nice Acer Aspire One for her birthday this year, the newly designed AO532H-2588 that has better battery life and runs faster. However, due to an unfortunate accident this summer, the LCD cracked, rendering it almost useless as a portable computer. And with that, I inherited a broken netbook! (And if you were concerned for my sister, not to worry, we'll be getting my sister a different computer. She seems to prefer larger laptops anyway.) So off to eBay I went, searching for a replacement LCD that would be cheap enough compared to the price for a new/used netbook (the Acer Aspire One is $300) and lo-and-behold I found one for $50, which seemed justifiable to bring this netbook back to life. And with that, here are some pictures of how I took the screen apart and replaced the LCD! On thing that's really nice about the new...

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