Hi guys,
my M1330 just fell on the floor, landed on it's corner and the silver-plastics cracked. I have the LED-version. It's working okay when open, but as you understand it's not that smooth opening or closing the lid. So I need to get it fixed. Called Dell and a rep is checking the prices for me (Don't have complete warranty, so I have to pay for it).
Haven't got the price yet, but I'm affraid it could get expensive knowing DELL Finland, whom I'm dealing with. So I found this part on ebay, would this work? Are there any instructions on doing it, or someone here that done it? Are there anything other that I should be aware of doing this.
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You may want to double check with Dell whether that part no is for LED or for CCFL.
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I just checked this page:
http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=143&subid=154
HR170 is the black lid for CCFL. You need part GX172 for black LED lid. -
Saw that one on ebay as well, have to check what a new one would be delivered.
Anyone knows where to look for installation-guide? How seen ones earlier, but can't remember where / find... -
This page of the service manual will take care of showing you how to do it. It even has an animated illustration.
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Thanks atbnet, exactly what I was looking for!
Now I received the offer from Dell, and they offered the part RW485, which is only the front bezel. If I'm looking at this correctly, the breakage is on the back-side, meaning I need part GX172. So according to atbnet's documentation, the Bezel is only in front, while the cover is the backside.
Am I right on this one? Does this also mean that I could change to another colour of lid? Alpine White could be cool for the coming winter=) -
I am probably ten days too late, but I want to confirm for you that you are right: the part you need is GX172 (which I believe provides most of the structural integrity, whereas the front-side bezel is a flimsy piece piece of plastic utterly incapable of holding up the LED by itself). I also want to confirm that you can indeed pick a different color. I had the same black one you did, and chose to get a red one for my replacement (XK075).
This exact situation happened to me not too long ago...twice! It fell once back in July and only right right hinge broke, which I fixed up with some very strong tape. Then just this month, it fell again and the left hinge cracked. I bit the bullet and ordered the parts off ebay (~$20USD including shipping) and used the exact link that atbnet posted to great success.
Please fill us in on the results of your self-repair! -
You can get the lids pretty cheap on eBay. All of the colors, both for CCFL and LED. Some are used, some are new but I've purchased a couple new ones for around $25 USD. Changing them is pretty easy, especially if you use the Repair Manual as a guide.
Tom
Cracked M1330 lid-plastics
Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Full-back, Nov 5, 2008.