iMac 17" C2D - Scracthes

[semaja2]

It seems my niece thought it would be fun to scratch up my screen with a screwdriver, and its usable but very distracting.

Anyway if i send it in for repair, how much do you think it will cost to repair the screen?

 

[rainydays]

Perhaps you need to send in your niece for repair instead

 

[shipdestroyer]

Perhaps you need to send in your niece for repair instead

lol, agreed.

 

[aaron.lee2006]

Anyway if i send it in for repair, how much do you think it will cost to repair the screen?

A LOT! lol

Screens are quite expensive.

 

[scaredpoet]

How bad are these scratches? Can you post photos?

If the scratches aren't too bad, you MAY have some luck giving Brasso a try, though you should be very careful not to let it get into the electronics.

 

[korndog2003]

OMG how old is she!!! If I was you I would make her parents go half...

 

[mkrishnan]

That screen doesn't seem very readily available... a quick search suggested the screen assembly will be $500-700 just for the part, meaning that it's probably barely worth replacing, even if you do it yourself (since the whole iMac is probably worth about $1000 used, right, or maybe slightly more?). I would guess you'd get quoted in the neighborhood of $800-850 to replace it.

I dunno... do post a picture of the scratches. It's risky, but the other option at this point might actually be to try something to polish the screen, depending on how badly it's scratched. I guess you could also always try that and then replace it if that doesn't work.

 

[aquajet]

OMG how old is she!!! If I was you I would make her parents go half...

And who pays the other half? The niece? I'm assuming she's a small child.

The parents should pay the entire repair fee.

 

[korndog2003]

If you were to do it yourself screen i couldn't find a guide but I don't think it could be that hard, just major dissasembly, but if you've built pc's like me then it shoud be rather easy