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    FHD LCD upgrade for G6-2000 series (AMD) Help?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jawa78, Sep 16, 2014.

  1. jawa78

    jawa78 Newbie

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    I currently have a G6-2123us it is ok for what it is. One thing after the last couple of years of having it is I cant stand the resolution on this screen.

    For a 199 laptop got via staples 2 years ago it not bad. But I want to dump a little money into her now. Ram is maxed out I have a hyrbrid drive in but if I get the performance I want when I do the A10 richland upgrade I would move to an Samsung Evo . Though before I spend any of this money on a low end laptop I want to make sure I can buy one of these 1080p FHD screens. the 40 pin cable i have not seen one way or another on the g6-2000 series if I need to replace that as I know some 40 pin cables are missing a few pins if there only going to be 1366x768 but that not the case all the time.

    Has anyone done such an upgrade ?
     
    jawa78, Sep 16, 2014
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  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Put this way without a P/N no one will know how to help you located a upgrade LCD if there is one for that HP laptop.
     
    StormJumper, Sep 16, 2014
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  3. jawa78

    jawa78 Newbie

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    The PN on the laptop is b5a04ua#aba . Though I generally buy 15.6 lcd panels 25 at a time and they have gone into dells , a few hps , levonos only times I had a real problem was on a few speciality displays or on the ocasional dell where they went cheap and removed a few pins from 40 pin cable.
     
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  4. OldMajorDave

    OldMajorDave Notebook Evangelist

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    I understand you have a G-6, 2000 series.... but check this link here on NBR and you'll see someone who recently did the FHD mod you are considering on a G7, 2000 series with good results. May help ...

    Best, Dave
     
    OldMajorDave, Sep 17, 2014
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    jawa78 Newbie

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    Thanks, Dave looking through the hp parts finder the G6 and G7 -2000 series use the same lvds cable . Which is good as I found some G6s with FHD displays and a lot more G7 with FHD displays.
     
    jawa78, Sep 17, 2014
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  6. OldMajorDave

    OldMajorDave Notebook Evangelist

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    Glad the link helped! KLF is very good at this kind of stuff. Be sure to check back when you get’er dun. Seems these FHD Mods are getting to be a trend around here and others will likely follow.

    Best, Dave
     
    OldMajorDave, Sep 18, 2014
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    ilstallione Notebook Enthusiast

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    Check so that you have 40pin in the motherboard connector before you buy parts. :)
     
    ilstallione, Nov 17, 2014
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