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Is T42p LCD display assembly compatible with T42 laptop?

post #1 of 10
10/17/12 at 3:07am
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I need to replace my T42 display and I found a T42p assembly on eBay that's in excellent condition at a reasonable price. Will it work with my T42 laptop?
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post #2 of 10
10/17/12 at 3:11am
I saw some T42 display assembly for cheap as well winknudge.gif Why not just get the right model? Also T42 is selling cheap as well, a tad more and you have the whole ding for parts

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post #3 of 10
10/17/12 at 3:21am
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Most of the displays I found were not in great condition. I do have a couple of T42 displays saved that look ok, but the T42P is the best by far and is less than one of the T42 displays. I think it may be capable of higher resolution on a T42p machine, but if it works on my T42, why not. I'm just not familiar enough with the differences.
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post #4 of 10
10/17/12 at 7:37am
Give it a go ... smile.gif

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post #5 of 10
10/17/12 at 10:25am
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Thanks for quick reply, and thank you for this forum!

'Give it a go' doesn't answer the question, really. Are you certain they're compatible? Replacement takes a couple of hours... not to mention hassle and cost of returning the monitor to the seller, restock fee, etc. Not something I fancy doing more times than necessary.
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post #6 of 10
10/17/12 at 1:54pm
I am not certain that they are compatible, but according to your post you seem to be quite sure about it. So yes, give it a go smile.gif

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post #7 of 10
10/17/12 at 2:34pm
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according to your post you seem to be quite sure about it
I'm not sure what I said that gave you that impression. In fact, I am not sure at all, which is why I asked the question. I was hoping someone reading this forum could say with certainty that yes, they are compatible, or no they are definitely not compatible.
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post #8 of 10
10/18/12 at 4:55am
Yeah. Hopefully someone can confirm it with personal experience. All my search came up empty regarding the swap of the T42 and T42p LCD

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post #9 of 10
10/18/12 at 1:40pm
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Yeah. Hopefully someone can confirm it with personal experience. All my search came up empty regarding the swap of the T42 and T42p LCD

I found someone who apparently knows about this... http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=106810

Plus I confirmed in the Maintenance Manual that the LCD, inverter and connector FRU's are the same for both models, something I didn't think about checking before. So I ordered the T42p assembly last night. It was the only compatible full display assembly I could find that appears to be in A+ condition. I'm happy.
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post #10 of 10
10/18/12 at 1:43pm
headbang.gif Let us know how it goes

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