Swap Laptop LCDs? Possible?

[Michael]

Hi. I have two laptops. One's an NEC Versa 440 (Pentium II) and the
other's an Apple Pismo (G3). Both are about 3 years old. Both have the
same size LCD screen, at the same resolution (1024 X 768). The Pismo's
backlight is a little dim, and the screen is not in quite as good
condition as the one on the NEC. I'd like to swap the LCD modules, since
the Apple is the machine I actually use most of the time.

I know there are only a few makers of these screens. The one in the Pismo
is a Samsung. (I haven't opened up the NEC yet, because it won't be so
easy.) Is there any kind of standardization of these LCDs that would make
them likely to be pin-compatible, with the same connectors, etc., even if
made by a different company? Seems to me that laptop makers would want to
second-source their parts, so maybe it's plausible. Anybody know anything
about this? I'd like to know before tearing the machines apart.

Thanks!

Michael

 

[Gary Tait]

Whereas On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:10:24 GMT, [email protected] (Michael)
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:

Hi. I have two laptops. One's an NEC Versa 440 (Pentium II) and the
other's an Apple Pismo (G3). Both are about 3 years old. Both have the
same size LCD screen, at the same resolution (1024 X 768). The Pismo's
backlight is a little dim, and the screen is not in quite as good
condition as the one on the NEC. I'd like to swap the LCD modules, since
the Apple is the machine I actually use most of the time.

I know there are only a few makers of these screens. The one in the Pismo
is a Samsung. (I haven't opened up the NEC yet, because it won't be so
easy.) Is there any kind of standardization of these LCDs that would make
them likely to be pin-compatible, with the same connectors, etc., even if
made by a different company? Seems to me that laptop makers would want to
second-source their parts, so maybe it's plausible. Anybody know anything
about this? I'd like to know before tearing the machines apart.

Thanks!

Michael

Nope. They are made to the OEMs specs. There is the off chance they
may be the same, or at least have the same signals.

 

[Chaos Master]

Michael scribbled:

I know there are only a few makers of these screens. The one in the Pismo
is a Samsung. (I haven't opened up the NEC yet, because it won't be so
easy.) Is there any kind of standardization of these LCDs that would make
them likely to be pin-compatible, with the same connectors, etc., even if
made by a different company? Seems to me that laptop makers would want to
second-source their parts, so maybe it's plausible. Anybody know anything
about this? I'd like to know before tearing the machines apart.

No, they're made to OEMs specs. At the best they can use the same signals.

 

[Andy Cuffe]

Hi. I have two laptops. One's an NEC Versa 440 (Pentium II) and the
other's an Apple Pismo (G3). Both are about 3 years old. Both have the
same size LCD screen, at the same resolution (1024 X 768). The Pismo's
backlight is a little dim, and the screen is not in quite as good
condition as the one on the NEC. I'd like to swap the LCD modules, since
the Apple is the machine I actually use most of the time.

I know there are only a few makers of these screens. The one in the Pismo
is a Samsung. (I haven't opened up the NEC yet, because it won't be so
easy.) Is there any kind of standardization of these LCDs that would make
them likely to be pin-compatible, with the same connectors, etc., even if
made by a different company? Seems to me that laptop makers would want to
second-source their parts, so maybe it's plausible. Anybody know anything
about this? I'd like to know before tearing the machines apart.

Thanks!

Michael

There's almost no chance you can swap them, but you could replace the
back light in the NEC.