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Some of you may have seen my thread in the X2xx section of the board, where I posted about what display to get for me X220, as the old one was completely busted.
I decided to go with the cheapest one on eBay, which was an OEM replacement (unbranded, but same as they used from the factory). Brand new, was just $90 USD!

As the old lid was cracked, I bought a new lid as well, to install it in.
I'm warning you, if you're gonna do this, make sure you've got a nice amount of time. I spent 3-4 hours on this, and I haven't actually got the front display bezel to stay properly in position yet, because of some issues getting all the little cables and antennas to fit properly in the top of the display.


Here's the pics from before, after, and some during the work:


Lid before



Nasty crack in the lid. This is also why the display was cracked.



Scratches in lid from removing company branding



The laptop opened up looks alright



Display looks nasty and is cracked, so doesn't work.



The new parts!



Nice clean lid



Bought 8gb of used DDR3 ram for it. Decided that 4GB was on the cheap side, considering its powerful Core i7 2620QM CPU.



Used 65W charger in good condition



Brand new OEM replacement display, still in protective plastics



Inside of old lid after removing the old cracked display



Cabling on the left side (before)



Cabling on the right side (before)



First reassembly to check everything works. It's ALIVE!



Completely put together, new lid on the back (after)



Looks nice and clean with the new and fully functional display.




Thanks for watching. Throw a comment if you'd like.

Looks like your hard work paid off!

I love threads like these! There are times I wished I documented my progress on work I have done but did not. How much did you pay for your broken screen X220?

Thanks!

I paid 750 DKK (100€) for the X220 (i7 CPU ) with the broken screen. It needed ram, battery, hard drive and a charger.

I only need a battery for it now. I've thrown in 2050 DKK (275€) for the X220 now, which is really cheap here. The cheapest used i5 mid-spec models here, is usually around 550€, so I've got it for a bargain.

Cool! It's a nice feeling to get such machines back to glory, isn't it?

Well done!