My 5 year old Dell Inspiron 710m screen is cracked. My son hit it with a remote and it has black fuzzy stuff throughout it that is spreading. What can I do?

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The best thing to do is to replace the LCD screen. You can buy good LCD screens online or if you prefer, you can try to see in computer shops near your home, but I think this will be a bit more difficult.

Here is a link where you can buy an LCD screen online: Dell Inspiron 710m replacement LCD screen

And here is a link where you will get a manual which will help you replace the LCD : http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins710m/en/sm/display.htm#wp1105565

Hope this helps.

The only thing you can do in such a case is to replace the LCD screen.

You need to replace the screen. you can probably get one from dell or ebay - just make sure it's the right product code or you could end up buying something totally useless. The product code is on the back of the lcd screen or you might be able to get it from the dell website by entering your service tag number and checking for spares.

So sorry about the cracked screen. But the solution to cracked screens is replacement.
But pending the time it can be replaced, if you have a desktop monitor, you can connect it to it.
If not, a flat screen TV could do the job of display, using the monitor display cable.

Hope that helped?
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