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T420 Screen Upgrade
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:16 pm
by Tyleryac
i am upgrading the screen in my T420 to a HD+ screen however I am unsure of the part number of the new screen cable I need.
Can someone please give me the T420 HD+ compatible screen cable for the upgrade?
Thanks!
Re: T420 Screen Upgrade
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:39 pm
by ajkula66
Welcome to the forum.
You do NOT need to replace the LCD cable when upgrading from HD to HD+ on these machines.
Re: T420 Screen Upgrade
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:58 pm
by rkawakami
Uh, George, the T420 HMM has two different FRUs for the LCD cables: 04W1617 for HD and 04W1618 for HD+. Are they truly compatible with the HD and HD+ screens?
ref:
http://www.thinkpads.com/support/hmm/hm ... 0i_hmm.pdf
Re: T420 Screen Upgrade
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 3:20 pm
by ajkula66
I'm basing what I've written on a single personal experience of buying a T420 with a busted HD panel and dropping a HD+ one inside. It was plug & play.
Now, short of me driving to Harrisburg and ripping the customer's system apart I have absolutely no means of verifying which LCD cable was in there...
