[EdNetman]

My son has a Vostro A90 which came with Ubuntu 8.x. I have since upgraded it several times and it is currently running Ubuntu 11.04.

He loves his little Netbook, but it has seen better days. I need to find the LCD bezel with webcam window. I have found some on-line that would fit, but cover the webcam.

Anyone have a part number list or a good parts source?

Thanks!
~Ed

[rrfranczak3]

I suggest you post a 'WANTED" ad in the 'For/Sale" section of the forum.....posting here really is 1st the wrong place and 2nd pretty much useless.

[brett89]

You can try your luck with Dell Sales chat, get a part no. and go from there. be it ebay or dell themselves. or wherever. I got a webcam cable from them a month ago, so they still have parts.

[Ginsu543]

You might want to try the bezel for the Mini 9. The color scheme may be a little off, but it should fit since the A90 and the Mini 9 are pretty much the same machine except for different branding (the former business, the latter personal).

[lswartz]

If you can only find the bezels that cover the web camera, I think you could drill out the holes using the old bezel as a template. If your son doesn't use the web cam maybe you could just cover it up. I don't have a web cam on my Mini 9 but on the Mini 10v it looks like it would be easy to drill out all 3 holes. I'm not sure what the 2 little holes are for by the web cam, microphone maybe.

[EdNetman]

@lswartz - thanks, but when I travel I use the webcam on my HP Mini to talk to him via GoogleTalk.

@Ginsu543 - This looks like it will work! Are all the mounting clips the same as the Vostro? $15 isn't bad I can certainly give that a shot.

@brett89 - I was trying to avoid that again, last time all I got was a headache!

@rrfranczak3 - Sorr if I posted in the wrong place, but I saw hardware and figured that was closer than software or OSX. I did get a few great leads here.

[Ginsu543]

Originally Posted by EdNetman

@Ginsu543 - This looks like it will work! Are all the mounting clips the same as the Vostro? $15 isn't bad I can certainly give that a shot.

I cannot say for certain because I've never taken my Dell Mini 9 or A90 apart to compare. Best thing to do may be to call Dell and ask them. I recommended the Mini 9 part because both the Mini 9 and the A90 are supposed to be the same machine just rebranded for the personal and business markets, respectively.

[EdNetman]

Thanks for the information, that makes sense. It's like my son's 600M that is the same as the D600 I used to have at work.

Part ordered, thanks a million!

[Ginsu543]

Hope it works out! Let us know how it went once it comes.