Replacing Bezel and cover of Studio 1555

I have had my Studio 1555 for a couple of years now and the left hand side clip holding the cover and front bezel has snapped. This means there is a big gap.

I am looking to replace it, and I think I will need to replace both the bezel and cover, but not 100% sure.

And looking at the cover it looks like I can't replace the back cover without removing the whole screen due to the hinges. I'm sure it's possible to just replace the bezel without removing the whole screen.

Does anyone have any advice? Or know how much it should cost to get it done by a laptop repair place?

Dell want £145 to replace it so that's out the window

 

Ive done a few not your model but usually you have screws under them rubber pads on your bezel.You will need a small knife or similiar to pull them off then take screws out and pop the bezel off.
It takes a little pressure to get it off working around it but it will come off,no need to replace back cover.
Anyway hope this helps.

 

Thanks for taking the time to reply but I know there are no screws beneath the rubber pads as one of them came off and there's nothing but an indent to plastic there.

If you look in this image you will see a tiny gap on the bottom of the rounded bit where the power button. That gap has become much bigger on my laptop as the clip joining those two parts (the cover and front bezel) has broken. However, on my laptop, it is broken on the left hand side which is exactly the same apart from the fact that there is no power button there

 

Go to support.dell.com, punch in your Service Tag number and get the service manual. Gives you exact instructions on what to do. Be careful with those Studio, they are a pain to take apart, and if something isn't coming off when it says so, stop.

 

I managed to find a manual but it only shows how to replace the front bezel, and I doubt you actually need to remove the whole display to do that.

The thing I'm more unsure of is replacing the back cover because I'm guessing the actual LCD sits in it

This is looking so complicated. It does look doable though. I'm just worried about mucking something up

 

It's just easier to remove the entire display. Some laptops have hard to reach screws on bottom of the front bezel, and the way the hinge is made some are impossible to reach without removing the entire display. The display module was basically not meant to replaced unless major trauma occurred to the screen, the average Joe would just buy a new laptop.

 

Ya i see what you mean now,um there must be a way to take it apart,no screws,maybe their made to just pull apart with a little pressure!.
Im sure someone who has done this will chime in soon....

 

The Studio 1555, from what the manual, is joined by clips and sticky tape stuff.

I'm wondering if, with the display module still connected, I can remove the front bezel then remove the back cover carefully not moving it far from the laptop so the wires stay intact, and then I could perhaps unscrew the screen panel from the "old" back cover and screw it into the "new one", and join it back up, moving any wires into the new one.

But the Dell Manuals aren't the clearest.

I think you're right, but it's just the fact I don't want to remove the whole display if there's no need, I'm just wanting to quickly replace the plastics, not disagnose the LCD or anything

 

You may wish to ask this question in the Dell subforum, where there might be other owners of a Studio 1555 whom may have done this before. You can ask a mod to move the thread by reporting your opening post and asking it to be moved.

 

already got one there. But received more replies on here.