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    LCD retrofit

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pitz, Aug 14, 2010.

  1. pitz

    pitz Notebook Deity

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    Is it possible to take a LED LCD from a newer laptop with a 16:10 ratio (ie: the Dell Latitude E6500), and install it in place of a CCFL LCD on a Dell Latitude D830?

    What has to be changed? I'm pretty sure the internal mounting hardware is the same. What else is involved? Is the inverter different?
     
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    Mounting would be different i think. LED lit LCDs allow for the lid to be much thinner
     
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    I'm not sure about that....the bezels seem to be the same thickness on the Dell CCFL-illuminated laptops, versus the LED ones.
     
    pitz, Aug 15, 2010
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    Even if the inverter is different(and somehow I think it will be)you can remove the inverter of the LED LCD and sauder the cables to the old laptop.I too believe that mounting will be different.I have learnt a golden rule:Everything that can be different in different notebooks usually is. :( ..Good luck if you go through with the project,Keep us posted...
     
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    http://catalog.osram-os.com/media/_en/Graphics/00043360_0.pdf

    Interesting article describing a proposed implementation of a direct LED LCD conversion, including massive performance advantages on a retrofit.

    In practice, lcdparts.net sells a kit that implements the above.

    But barely anyone has tried it (the price was ridiculous...at $129...but they've dropped it to $80..).
     
    pitz, Jul 10, 2011
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    There is no inverter in the same sense as before. LED display is powered via LCD cable.

    In lcdparts.net there was conversion kits and adapters. Better check there first, it would give better idea what kinds of parts are needed.
     
    KLF, Jul 10, 2011
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