johnaw wrote:My Amilo Pi 1505 now also has the intermittent screen problem. Before I embark on a diy repair, can anybody tell me how to remove the screen bezel? There are many rubber bits and I don't want to start damaging anything unnecessarily. Also, there are two small black plastic circles on the bezel close to each hinge. Are these just locating dowels?
I solved all this some time ago and I thought I'd just send an update in case someone else has the same problem. There are four screws at the top of the screen and two at the bottom. The bottom two are hidden by small black plastic circles and can be prised out using a sharp pointed tool - I used a metalwork scriber.
The small piece of the fascia held in by its own screw mentioned in damonbotley's instructions is also held in by a screw on the outside of the laptop case near the battery bay and the left hinge when viewing from the rear of the laptop. This screw is covered by a black plastic circle.
As other people have said, the design is poor. Fujitsu Siemens should recall these laptops and fix them for free. Instead they and their spares distributor (acal supply chain) make a profit from this 'bodgy' cable. The price of the cable is rather high (about £10) and the postage and packing is even more extortionate (another tenner roughly). The tiny little cable came in a very large box rather than a jiffy bag. By this logic, a new laptop would be shipped in its own double-stacked standardised freight container.