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X140e IPS screen upgrade and refresh rate questions
X140e IPS screen upgrade and refresh rate questions
Have an X140e and noticed it's screen wasn't the best but what really irked me was that it was running 50hz on Windows, yet when I booted and installed a Linux distribution it recognized the screen as 60hz, any insight why the refresh rate is being read incorrectly on Windows? Have up to date graphics drivers and monitor edid installed but I'm not able to change it under refresh rate options. Now the main part, because of those issues I decided to see if there's a IPS screen that I could swap out and it turns out there is; LG LP116WH6-SLA1. Original screen is IVO M116NWR1 R3, I can get 3/4 screws into the holes into the display holder but the not screwed in corner of the screen is raised up by the metal chassis. The laptop boots fine with the new screen installed but still has the 50hz max on Windows yet 60hz on Linux, any ideas how to make the transplant go as smoothly as possible? Here's a gallery of the screen not fitting: https://imgur.com/a/xwSj02v
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Re: X140e IPS screen upgrade and refresh rate questions
It looks like the wifi antennas are the cause of the screen not fitting.
Remove those first, then try fitting the screen again.
Remove those first, then try fitting the screen again.
Planned Purchase: T480s i5-8350 FHD Touch
Impulse Buy: Thinkpad not named for safety reasons
RIP: X220 4291-C91 X61 7676-A24 760XD-U9E
Impulse Buy: Thinkpad not named for safety reasons
RIP: X220 4291-C91 X61 7676-A24 760XD-U9E
Re: X140e IPS screen upgrade and refresh rate questions
I was cleaning my place and found the X140e and remembered I had attempted this
. It's not fitting because the new Panel I got is 280mm in length while the original was 278mm, another user pointed this out to me in a PM. Looks like the only other potentially compatible IPS panel is B116XAN03.0 or if you want to take a risk HSD116PHW1-C00, for the latter sellers on ebay say it's 30 pin LVDS while panelook says it's 40 pin (and doesn't list outline dimensions) which is what the laptop has. I don't use Windows anymore so the 50hz thing isn't a problem but I believe you can change the refresh rate with CRU or AMD's driver control panel.
Re: X140e IPS screen upgrade and refresh rate questions
The AMD Windows driver limiting options reminds me of my experience putting 1920x1200 in a Z60m which is the 915PM chipset. Under windows it refused to use 1920x1200, but ubuntu had no problem with 1920x1200. Also later with T500 and switchable graphics if I installed Lp154wu1-tlc1 from Alienware MX15, windows would only display black screen below 1280x800 resolution (Intel mode worked fine). My conclusion is the ATI drivers SUCK.
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Re: X140e IPS screen upgrade and refresh rate questions
I forgot about this place again, sadly the IPS screen does not match up with the one that comes with the laptop by default, here are some pictures.
https://files.catbox.moe/iwqsk2.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/ux3fbq.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/iwqsk2.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/ux3fbq.jpg
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