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papamix wrote:Bad one was from: http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/101563707.html (includes cable adapter)
Good one was from: http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/101726969.html (does not include cable adapter)

I am pretty sure that they both came from the same pool of refurbished screens. It's just a matter of luck.

Avoid from buying LCD from this seller (I mean "good one" URL). He sended for me broken HV121P01-100 twice for $420.

I need some help..

After asking around for a modified harness cable and being directed to a seller on eBay - i.Thinkpad, I duly ordered one over the weekend. Service was prompt and reading the description - it states that cables are tested before sending out. I received it and finally got round to doing my swap today.

I laid everything out and to try a test run to make sure it would power up and display correctly. On initial power up, it worked! A picture displayed quite cleanly. All was well. I had another laptop set up next to me with various guides (and this thread) to go through the next steps(s). Whilst I was glancing through (both laptop were on the same desk), I smelt something funny - it was smoke! It seemed to be coming from behind the panel somewhere - I couldn't quite see. Without thinking, I just pulled to power cable. The screen was black at this point I seem to remember.

Anyway, I was a little afraid to retry in case I caused further damage. However, I did grab my original panel and tried that instead without the modified harness cable. The machine powers up but there's no display. I can't see any obvious signs of damage - I'm praying that it's just the video cable (and maybe the LCD) that's gone and nothing more serious.

I inspected the modified cable - when I got it, the soldered end was taped up with some masking tape. When I took this off I saw that pins 2 and 3 seemed to be bridged or badly soldered? It's only a single wire. I've looked at the pinout diagrams and it seems that both pins 2 and 3 are +3.3v. Would this be what might've caused the problem?

I've since contacted the seller - and to his credit has replied but insists that pins 2 and 3 are meant to be bridged soldered? Apparently to give a more stable power source to the LCD? Can this be right? He states that to date no one else has ever reported any problems with his cables.

It's taken me ages to source a panel and the prospect of killing it when I had everything in place is gutting.

Our Moderator erik is the person to ask about this.

kai wrote:I need some help..

After asking around for a modified harness cable and being directed to a seller on eBay - i.Thinkpad, I duly ordered one over the weekend. Service was prompt and reading the description - it states that cables are tested before sending out. I received it and finally got round to doing my swap today.

I laid everything out and to try a test run to make sure it would power up and display correctly. On initial power up, it worked! A picture displayed quite cleanly. All was well. I had another laptop set up next to me with various guides (and this thread) to go through the next steps(s). Whilst I was glancing through (both laptop were on the same desk), I smelt something funny - it was smoke! It seemed to be coming from behind the panel somewhere - I couldn't quite see. Without thinking, I just pulled to power cable. The screen was black at this point I seem to remember.

Anyway, I was a little afraid to retry in case I caused further damage. However, I did grab my original panel and tried that instead without the modified harness cable. The machine powers up but there's no display. I can't see any obvious signs of damage - I'm praying that it's just the video cable (and maybe the LCD) that's gone and nothing more serious.

I inspected the modified cable - when I got it, the soldered end was taped up with some masking tape. When I took this off I saw that pins 2 and 3 seemed to be bridged or badly soldered? It's only a single wire. I've looked at the pinout diagrams and it seems that both pins 2 and 3 are +3.3v. Would this be what might've caused the problem?

I've since contacted the seller - and to his credit has replied but insists that pins 2 and 3 are meant to be bridged soldered? Apparently to give a more stable power source to the LCD? Can this be right? He states that to date no one else has ever reported any problems with his cables.

It's taken me ages to source a panel and the prospect of killing it when I had everything in place is gutting.

I also bought my cable from from i.thinkpad and found that those pins were bridged.

This should not be a problem. I think that the problem may have been somewhere else.

Drop me an email and I will see if I can help. forum dot thinkpads dot com at ntwiga dot net

Hello everyone.
For few days I've decided to buy an used X60s and yesterday I found this thread.
After reading it (most of posts) I'm undecided if I want to buy an X60 or X60s, because I don't know what model is most suitable for this mod.
If someone changed the display on both models (X60 & X60s) and could tell on which one is more easy to change the display.
As I readed it seems that on X60 is more easy because is thicker.
Could someone confirm me that ?

Thanks a lot.

As far as the lid goes there is no difference between X60 and X60s unless it is UltraLight display on some X60s and X61s models.

xphinx wrote:Hello everyone.
For few days I've decided to buy an used X60s and yesterday I found this thread.
After reading it (most of posts) I'm undecided if I want to buy an X60 or X60s, because I don't know what model is most suitable for this mod.
If someone changed the display on both models (X60 & X60s) and could tell on which one is more easy to change the display.
As I readed it seems that on X60 is more easy because is thicker.
Could someone confirm me that ?

Thanks a lot.

Another set of factors to consider. The X61s is Core2Duo while X60 is CoreDuo: this means that the X61s can take a 64bit OS while the X60 cannot. memory limit on the X60 is 3GB (4GB installed with 3GB only available and usable) while the X61 will take 8GB of RAM.

X60-s are also available with Core 2 Duo CPUs (1.66 GHz, 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz ones).

Raceboy wrote:X60-s are also available with Core 2 Duo CPUs (1.66 GHz, 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz ones).

You are right, does this mean the Core2Duo X60 have the newer GM965/PM965 chipsets rather than the GM945/PM945?

More important, are there X60 units that can take 8GB?

No X60 can take more than 4GB RAM, of which only 3GB is usable.

smugiri wrote:[You are right, does this mean the Core2Duo X60 have the newer GM965/PM965 chipsets rather than the GM945/PM945?

No, they have the same GM945 chipset (Napa platform).

On my X61s (XGA) I have successfully flashed Middelton's BIOS v.2.22 which removed whitelist and enabled SATA II. Everything works perfect since almost one year. Now I would like to do SXGA+ mod (I have already SXGA+ LCD from X60t as well as special cable). Concernig this I have two questions:

1. Since I am a linux user I don't really need the BIOS patched for SXGA+ (I already checked it) however I would like to have clear view during boot stage and at bios setup. Is it possible to flash SXGA+ BIOS over XGA BIOS but both at the same version? Both for x61s and v.2.22. Or do I need to perform downgrade first? If downgrade is needed how should I proceed?
2. After flashing SXGA+ BIOS would it be possible to use XGA LCD without problems during boot stage and at bios setup? Or the situation would be the same as for XGA BIOS and SXGA+ LCD?

I would be grateful for information based on your experience.

XGA LCD works perfectly with SXGA+ BIOS.

Apologies for reviving a somewhat stale thread

My stock x61 screen has been going out over the past year - hot spots, burn-in, etc. Having read through this thread, I'm considering a replacement with a 1400x1050 screen, but haven't been able to find an active link to the modified bios. Could anyone possibly re-upload in the name of keeping this wonderful laptop kicking?

boilerplate wrote:Apologies for reviving a somewhat stale thread

My stock x61 screen has been going out over the past year - hot spots, burn-in, etc. Having read through this thread, I'm considering a replacement with a 1400x1050 screen, but haven't been able to find an active link to the modified bios. Could anyone possibly re-upload in the name of keeping this wonderful laptop kicking?

links still work for me:

http://www.mediafire.com/?d13q173jhtb3f ... -1.03).rar

source:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo/ ... ost6501443

Hi, I have an x61t with the bubble problem, and I believe the glass has cracked because of the weakness this left.

Can anyone advise on which screens would be compatible, and if I buy a plain screen, will it be possible to just swap that out, and keep the digitiser from the old setup to get everything working again?

The only alternative seems to be to remove the glass and try remove all the glue