Official "swapping the XPS 14 L401x screen" thread

[Betmen2]

Originally Posted by Neubeehunhun

Now I'm confused. Does "Posting Status : Sending" on papatek order status mean it's being shipped?

I don't know... but I know papatek, hootoo, and sunvally all ships
out immediately. I just don't know why mine was sent ups when
they state in the shipping section they use usps

[Neubeehunhun]

I just read some real bad stuff about papatek on the net, though there were some positive ones too.

Well, guess the only thing I could do is wait patiently and find out next week.

Originally Posted by Betmen2

I don't know... but I know papatek, hootoo, and sunvally all ships
out immediately. I just don't know why mine was sent ups when
they state in the shipping section they use usps

Where do you live? It says this on their site:
II International Customers
Packages from international customers will be sent by UPS & Fedex mainly.
Attention: We cannot send the packages to customers from international military areas at this moment.

[Betmen2]

Suburb of Detroit Hockey Town

[Neubeehunhun]

That's still within the US then, weird. But at least it's UPS instead of something people have never heard of, so it should be alright.

[Betmen2]

Originally Posted by Neubeehunhun

That's still within the US then, weird. But at least it's UPS instead of something people have never heard of, so it should be alright.

you will be alright too. Hootoo has a phone number so if
you don't get the screen in a timely fashion call hootoo and
tell them to check or transfer you to papatek there the same
company in the same building and probably sharing inventory..

[tak1234]

Originally Posted by Neubeehunhun

Now I'm confused. Does "Posting Status : Sending" on papatek order status mean it's being shipped?

Bought mine on Saturday at 6pm PT and the status showed "sending" 10 minutes later. I think it's automated to change status once the payment is confirmed. I paid via Paypal.

[JeffL]

Originally Posted by Betmen2

JeffL keep your eye open at dell outlet
Dell XPS 14 Laptop Details | Dell
They will have refurbs with i5 and what ever you want. Here a bummer
but i have to tell you. Last week they had 20 xps 14 on the outlet for 20%
off there outlet price. you could get a xps 14 with i5 for 600 bucks. they called it the winter sale.
It killed me that i already owned one and these computer are like only 2 month old
Anyway you wsill get a great refurb with i5 if you just watch every day
and you'll get the compuer in like 3-5 days GOOD LUCK

Wow, that would of been a great deal on those refurb 14's! I'm kinda thinking (unless a really good deal comes up) that I'll just wait a couple months for Sandy Bridge. I was thinking the WiDi feature would be cool and the SB version has 1080p WiDi vs the current 720p. But if a good deal comes in the mean time I'll probably jump on it.

[iamfoesho]

Originally Posted by Betmen2

Secondly
Only buy your screen from us electronic or papatek.com...hootoo is $15 to $20 MORE
than papatek.com.
Hootoo and Papatek are the same company
with the same address in Cal. I ordered from hootoo before
I realized it, so when i called them within 24 hours and asked them to match
papatek price they put me on hold for 15 min and told me absolutely
not!! and admitted that Hootoo and papatek are the same company.,
BEWARE

Do you have the link to purchase from papatek.com? I can't find the LCD on the website. Thanks.

[Betmen2]

Originally Posted by iamfoesho

Do you have the link to purchase from papatek.com? I can't find the LCD on the website. Thanks.

LG LP140WD1-TLA1 14.0 inch LCD Screen
Buy LG LP140WD1-TLA1 14.0 inch LCD Screen from Papatek.com, who offers LG LP140WD1-TLA1 14.0 inch LCD Screen wholesale, LG LP140WD1-TLA1 14.0 inch LCD Screen with best price, 12 ...

papatek.com/Panel-14-Inch/39234.html

And Ilike this company equally

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LG LP140WD1-TLA1 1600*900 Glossy LED 40pins - $78.18 : US Electronic Supplies, Laptop Battery,AC Adapter, Keyboard, Accessories Store

[bonilhar1976]

Just benchmarking, I got mine from Papatek on Jan, 19 and it arrives on Jan, 28.

I was surprised that the screen was sent from China, once I just ordered from Papatek cause they "are" in CA.

Anyway, the swap was quite easy, I used a vegetables knife to pop the bezel, placing the flexible blade very close to the clips before putting force over it. No cracks and the whole operation took me less than 15 minutes.

There is no way to compare the screen with the original one. They are from different leagues.

By the way, I live in Jundiaí, near by São Paulo - Brazil and my screen was carried by Fedex. To tracking from purchasing till delivery though....