Interchangability of 770X LCDs

Older ThinkPads.. from the 600, the 7xx, the iSeries, 300, 500, the Transnote and, of course, the 701
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Interchangability of 770X LCDs

#1 Post by virge » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:10 pm

I have a 770X with a bad LCD (among other things). The original SXGA panel is cracked and doesn't light up. The motherboard will boot to an external monitor. I first plugged it into a 15" LCD monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution-- the monitor gave an "out of range" error. I then plugged in a regular CRT monitor (an old IBM 17") and it worked fine.

Its good news that the mainboard works, but this leads to me to think that I am limited to an SXGA panel. These are pricey and hard to find. Has anyone had any experience putting a lower resolution panel in a 770X that came with SXGA?

Andy
Current Thinkpads: 600E, 600X, 701C, A31 (Flexview), R51 (Flexview), R60, T42P (Flexview), TR50E, T60 (Flexview), X61s (Ultralight), Z61m (Ti) Non-Thinkpad: Toshiba 100ct
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#2 Post by virge » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:10 pm

update: Transplanted the 8mb video card (comes with SXGA panel) into an XGA machine. Everything works!
Current Thinkpads: 600E, 600X, 701C, A31 (Flexview), R51 (Flexview), R60, T42P (Flexview), TR50E, T60 (Flexview), X61s (Ultralight), Z61m (Ti) Non-Thinkpad: Toshiba 100ct
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