Screen is damaged... Or is it?

[Nate047]

Hey everyone, new here and not a guy who works on computer hardware much... Please be kind.

A few weeks ago, my little cousin dropped my Macbook Pro onto a tile floor, awesome right? When I turned it on to check what would happen, it powers up fine, operates completely fine, but the screen is displaying a weird jagged color effect. See below:

Now I'm wondering if the screen is actually damaged and needs to be replaced, or if perhaps the connecting pins have been jarred loose inside the case or something like that. Anyone seen this before? Anyone know how easy it is to open one of these guys up? It's a 15-inch Macbook Pro, mid 2012, not retina.

I got a quote for $700 plus labor to replace the screen... Hoping to avoid that if possible. The machine works completely fine with my external monitor, I'm using it right now in fact. I ran diagnostics and the internal drive is totally fine as well. It's JUST displaying weird. The case has a small ding on it too so Apple Care won't cover it...

Thanks for looking!

Nate

 

[MacModMachine]

Hey everyone, new here and not a guy who works on computer hardware much... Please be kind.

A few weeks ago, my little cousin dropped my Macbook Pro onto a tile floor, awesome right? When I turned it on to check what would happen, it powers up fine, operates completely fine, but the screen is displaying a weird jagged color effect. See below:

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Now I'm wondering if the screen is actually damaged and needs to be replaced, or if perhaps the connecting pins have been jarred loose inside the case or something like that. Anyone seen this before? Anyone know how easy it is to open one of these guys up? It's a 15-inch Macbook Pro, mid 2012, not retina.

I got a quote for $700 plus labor to replace the screen... Hoping to avoid that if possible. The machine works completely fine with my external monitor, I'm using it right now in fact. I ran diagnostics and the internal drive is totally fine as well. It's JUST displaying weird. The case has a small ding on it too so Apple Care won't cover it...

Thanks for looking!

Nate

looks like a loose cable.

you can buy the lcd on screencountry.com for around 150$ and just use ifixit.com and replace it yourself.

good luck,

 

[Nate047]

looks like a loose cable.

you can buy the lcd on screencountry.com for around 150$ and just use ifixit.com and replace it yourself.

good luck,

Cool, thanks! I'll try the cable first.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Hey everyone, new here and not a guy who works on computer hardware much... Please be kind.

A few weeks ago, my little cousin dropped my Macbook Pro onto a tile floor, awesome right? When I turned it on to check what would happen, it powers up fine, operates completely fine, but the screen is displaying a weird jagged color effect. See below:

Image

Image

Now I'm wondering if the screen is actually damaged and needs to be replaced, or if perhaps the connecting pins have been jarred loose inside the case or something like that. Anyone seen this before? Anyone know how easy it is to open one of these guys up? It's a 15-inch Macbook Pro, mid 2012, not retina.

I got a quote for $700 plus labor to replace the screen... Hoping to avoid that if possible. The machine works completely fine with my external monitor, I'm using it right now in fact. I ran diagnostics and the internal drive is totally fine as well. It's JUST displaying weird. The case has a small ding on it too so Apple Care won't cover it...

Thanks for looking!

Nate

Does your home insurance cover accidental damage?

 

[Nate047]

Good news! One of the connections was loose, I opened up the case and unplugged/replugged all the display cables and now it's like it never happened.

Thanks for the quick fix!

 

[Scott7975]

Good news! One of the connections was loose, I opened up the case and unplugged/replugged all the display cables and now it's like it never happened.

Thanks for the quick fix!

Awesome. Always love to hear good news =)

 

[johnnylarue]

That was kind of a cool effect, actually!

 

[MacModMachine]

Good news! One of the connections was loose, I opened up the case and unplugged/replugged all the display cables and now it's like it never happened.

Thanks for the quick fix!

make sure you take the lcd cable back down , that stops it from separating in the future.