Laptop LCD - any break-fix laptop engineers...

Nanobot · 9 Sep 2011 at 18:23

Have been given a laptop to look at that has a shattered LCD screen and from what I have read so far, quite a lot of laptop LCD screens are quite universal, especially in size - usually 15.4" and mostly 30 pin cable.

Any break-fix engineers out there who do this on a day to day basis know if this is the case that most screen panels and connectors are generic. I know it can sometimes depend on how the panel is lit etc. Any comments welcome!

deusexlumina · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:51

whats the make of the laptop? Dell require specific screens in some cases. However you are correct, in most cases its a case of 15.4" and 30pin etc.

whitecrook · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:55

I've even seen people upgrading the laptop screens to a higher res/better unit, partculary on the old 17" powerbooks

Nanobot · 9 Sep 2011 at 22:08

I fancy boys said:
whats the make of the laptop? Dell require specific screens in some cases. However you are correct, in most cases its a case of 15.4" and 30pin etc.

It's a Packard Bell. I believe they share the same screens as Acer and perhaps Gateway. I've looked at most lcd panel sites and the specifications appear identical - using 30 pin connector, identical resolutions and single lamp screen type CCFL. I'm convinced now that screens must be OEM and branded appropriately by each company. ?

tigerstyle · 10 Sep 2011 at 05:25

Only about 5 actual panel oems I believe. My clevo notebook has the same label as a macbook air, so a replacement was easy and cheap to source. Made me think twice about that 'macs have the best screens' saying too, like all of the pc world it's just a part number!

beermonster · 10 Sep 2011 at 13:17

your packard bell will have a generic panel not specific to that laptop, as mentioned above some dells do have some custom screen where the brightness controls won't work if a non dell screen is used.