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    Is There A Way To See Exactly Which Display You Have?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nycfarmboy, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. nycfarmboy

    nycfarmboy Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I'm expecting my XPS M1330 which shipped today. In the past I remember posts where there was a way to tell which display came with your laptop by going somewhere deep in device manager or with some downloaded program to find the part #. Am I off base or is there a way to see it?
     
    nycfarmboy, Jan 26, 2008
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    NovaRev Notebook Enthusiast

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    You go device manager > monitors > details tab > hardware IDs in the pulldown menu to find out which display you got. If you ordered the LED backlit M1330, you will end up with a device that has "CMO" in the hardware ID for the Chi Mei Optoelectronics panel or "LCD" in the hardware ID for the Toshiba panel.
     
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    Thank youfor that info, I was wondering too!
     
    nycfarmboy, Jan 26, 2008
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    M1chel Notebook Geek

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    M1chel, Jan 26, 2008
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