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Hi all,

I've very carefully installed the lid from a X200 (CCFL, 1280x800) on a X201 that I've bought without a lid/display.
I can barely see the ThinkPad logo when booting, but the backlight doesn't turn on when it's on the X201.
When installed back on the X200, it works.

Does anybody know for sure that this transplant should work straight away without any other mods?
Or perhaps the X201 motherboard has a defective backlight circuitry, and maybe this was the reason that it was sold without its lid? (it works perfectly fine with a vga monitor).

Thank you!

Welcome to the forum.
The transplant of a complete lid from X200 to X201 (or v.v.) normally works straight away.
Maybe you didn't properly connect the LCD cable to the X201 motherboard?
Remove/reconnect (with power off) and retry.
It's possible the backlight-fuse is a goner.
I think it might be F1 (3A/32V), about 8-O'clock left of the LCD-connector.
Have fun.

Thank you so much!
The fuse was indeed gone, so I've transplanted that too from the X200 (at two o'clock if anybody needs to find it).
It works as it should and it was quite fun, too!

Now I hope the Ericsson F3507g can be moved in the X201 as well, then a display upgrade is a must.
Quite an awesome laptop to have!
Cheers!

Edit: the modem is not recognised, I can't believe they blacklist a product this way...