[Tfug] Swapping out a notebook's LCD?

[Claude Rubinson]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 03:01:51PM -0700, Ryan Cresawn wrote:
> On 10/11/08, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > So, I received my new thinkpad the other day.  I had a T40 and went up
> > to a T42, so it's basically identical.  I just swapped out the hard
> > drive and everything was the same.
> >
> > Well, almost everything.  I accidentally purchased a T42 with the
> > 1024x768 resolution LCD rather than the 1400x1050 resolution.  The LCD
> > is fine on my old machine, so I'm wondering if I might be able to swap
> > them?
> >
> > I took apart the dead T40 and the LCD was pretty simple to remove (a
> > few screws and had to disconnect on connector).  So, physically at
> > least, I don't think that it should be a problem.
> >
> > Is there anything that I need to think about/research before going
> > ahead with this?  Are there any problems that I'm not aware of?
> >
> > One issue that I am concerned with is that Xorg now probes the monitor
> > for its maximum resolution and respects that setting.  Does anybody
> > know if that information is stored in the LCD itself?  Or might it be
> > outside of it?  (In which case, swapping out the LCD won't do me any
> > good.)  (Also, just to stave off any confusion--it is definitely the
> > monitor's resolution that's the limiting factor here, the built-in
> > video card is capable of driving much higher resolutions.)
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Claude
> 
> Hey Claude,
> 
> Are the connection points for the LCD physically and electrically
> identical?  If they are I say go for it and worry about X after it's
> assembled.

I haven't opened up the new machine yet, but I'm almost certain that
they will be the same.  IBM's pretty good about providing detailed
maintenance manuals, so I'll try to dig one up to verify.

C.