Is it okay if I ask a hardware questio here? Don't want to make a reddit account again, lol. Help upgrading Thinkpad T490 panel. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by such_lettuce7970@kbin.social to c/linux@kbin.social

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Ok, I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to hardware stuff. I have a Thinkpad T490 with the 1920x1080 non-touch screen. My complaint is that I ended up with the model with only 45% NTSC. I would like to upgrade to something with 72%.

AFAICT, my screen's model # is N140HCA-EAC. 30-pin connector. Is this - https://www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/Lenovo/FRU~01YN154/ compatible?

I already know there's no blocks or whatever in the bios preventing an upgrade, just want to make sure I buy the right thing. Would rather not ship from China so NA sellers are good.

(btw I obtained the model of what I have now by running "edid-decode </sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1/edid", I'm on Linux Mint 20.1)

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[-] aspseka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Try asking (crossposting to) !ThinkPad@lemmy.ml

[-] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Will do, thanks.

[-] RandoMcGuvins@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the pins match then it shouldn't be a issue. It should be like changing your monitor. In saying that I've not done this so take it with a grain of salt.

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