So I need help fixing my laptop.

[DrenDran]

This is my laptop, it is a gateway NE56R41U.




One night I'm using my laptop using my headphones with it and it works perfectly.
I close the laptop and do something else.
I go back maybe an hour later, turn it on, and all I get is this screen:



My only guess as to what has happened is maybe I shut the lid with the headphones still laying on the keyboard and one of them hit the screen.
My two questions here are:
How can I tell if anything else is broken, or if it's just the screen?
How easy is it to replace a laptop screen?

I'm already looking at no less than 50$ for the screen from what I found and I really don't have all that much money, would like to try and do this myself.

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[ßlöükfáce]

wtf how hard do you close the thing?

[Mister Cheese]

Holy crap man
Wow uh I'm not sure. Did you have any sort of warranty with the thing

[jonnyman5656]

Feel the screen, does it feel broken?

[DrenDran]

Feel the screen, does it feel broken?

Nope, hardly at all.
There's just one hairline crack that goes across the whole thing.
All the pictures in the OP are after it was broken.

[Boink!]

oh god broken screens make me cringe

[AtlasBlue]

oh god broken screens make me cringe

[Mister Cheese]

Remove the explorer process in task manager and set this as someone's background

[Lord Furdle]

just get a new keyboard, mouse and monitor then use them with your laptop.

You've obviously slammed it down too hard and broke the screen.

[Blockzillahead]

your cheapest alternative is what furdle said. use an external monitor.

[Lord Furdle]

your cheapest alternative is what furdle said. use an external monitor.

and for convenience sake, you'd want a mouse and keyboard, other wise you'd be straining your neck to look at your external monitor.

[Lego lad]

this is what happened to my computer when the graphics card broke :(

[Hansome duded]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IPsi6DGkrIA

[MrKitKat]

Literally this happened to me
like loving exactly, headphones and the screen looked the same.

just go to a repair shop and ask for a new screen. Cost me $40, but they knocked off like $10 because the screen was a little bit dusty. Took less than 30 minutes.

[Tokerovin]

If the bezel is in-tact it can be replaced.

Should be about 60 dollars for the replacement screen.

I have done the repair a handful of times and sometimes it can be a pain in the ass. Definitely look for youtube guides before attempting this.