Do screens with same size, pinout and socket position means complatible in the same laptop?

I've just replaced my old matte 15,6 30-pin 768p laptop screen with a new glossy one, and I want to sell the old one which is this:

http://www.panelook.com/NT156WHM-N42_BOE_15.6_LCM_overview_25030.html

The only strange thing I found, is that the cable for my laptop says LVDS but in the link above says eDP 1 lane (My intuition says they are two different things)..

My question is, will this screen work on other laptop brands with the same size, pinout and resolution? Cause I'll have some interested buyers with some questions like: "Will this screen work on my x laptop model?". Thanks.

 

A 30 pin cable with the correct pin pitch will carry an LVDS (differential) signal exactly the same as an eDP signal. @t456 can elaborate.

 

Yes, both use paired wires to carry their signal. However, their pin-out is very different, so you wouldn't be able to interchange their cables without swapping a lot of (very small) wires. The panels themselves are not interchangeable due to the protocol differences.

You can ignore the label; if the panel is 1-lane eDP then so is the cable (or maybe a 2-lane). Technically speaking the label is actually correct; the DisplayPort standard uses differential signaling to transmit its data and it does so at a low voltage; Low Voltage Differential Signaling. But in displays 'LVDS' means both the technology and the standard based upon that technology, which has very much muddied the waters.

Err ... so ... to answer your question; it is an eDP panel so you should sell it as such. An LVDS-based laptop cannot run it because it'll use a different protocol and pin-out. Apart from the specifics mentioned by RampantGorilla also check whether the connector orientation matches; bottom-left or bottom-right. In most instances a mismatch would mean the cable will be too short to reach the connector.

 

Isn't DisplayPort a packet based protocol?

 

Yes, but it still uses differential signaling to push those packets.

 

Pretty solid answer, thanks a lot.