I swapped displays between two 14" i-series laptops a while ago and it worked fine. Actually, I swapped the whole lid. One was a Pentium MMX-300, one was a Celeron-330. Granted, both had variants of the NeoMagic chipset, so the displays probably were identical. - Alex Austin (651) 238-9273
"...and then I visited Wikipedia ...and the next 8 hours are a blur." On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Chris Schumann <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> The backlight (CCFL) in your LCD is on its way out. Although it's >>> possible to replace the backlight itself (which has no FRU or part >>> number since it's an integral part of the LCD) you're better off >>> swapping the whole LCD once it dies which may be two hours or two years >>> from now. >>> >> >> Thanks for this input. And I already got a solution. >> >> I have the entire display of an old A22m here, whch is also 14.1" >> >> Can I open that A22m-display, take the "integral parts" out and put them >> into the T21-case to >> replace the red-tintish one? >> >> Is that so easy? >> >> Or what can I do? My approach is to use the A22m-spare display which is >> fine. >> > > Unless the display panels have the same part number, you cannot be sure a > display swap will work. Often the signal cables are of the wrong length, or > have the signals in a different order or pitch, or are otherwise > incompatible. It's not like there's a standard digital inside the laptops. > > I've replaced soldered parts in a laptop, and I would not attempt this. > > You need a display from a T21, or perhaps from a T20 or T22, but you should > get the correct part numbers from your HMM. Often the cheapest way to get > such a display is from an otherwise broken machine on eBay, but that's my > experience in the US. > > Best, > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
