Hello all,
Just thought I'd share this with the good folk at AT forums: I upgraded my laptop's 15.6" display!!
So I was sick and tired of the 1366x768px display that came with it and asked my Acer service center (who has also worked with our company for several years) to look into a possible use for a 1080p display on the same laptop. As it turns out, the main factor that determines whether it works or not is whether it has a 30-pin or a 40-pin connector.
This guy found a display, offered to put it in my laptop and have me trial it for a day, and it works beautifully. If I'd had this idea earlier, I'd have done it much earlier.
Attaching a picture of the new display on the laptop. Luckily the laptop is new enough to support 1920x1080 from Windows so it worked flawlessly.
One interesting thing to note is that this is a Chi Mei (Innolux) display. Using the hardware IDs from Device Manager I was able to find the following information about the display:
www.laptopscreen.com
Overall it's a decent display... 45% NTSC is surely abysmal but then this display is also used in a $750 HP Envy laptop, it seems. However what I'm surprised about is that this display seems to be displaying much warmer colours than the older one with the lower resolution. My sister's laptop with a 1080p display has that same warmth to it. I'm really really glad about having almost 2x the pixels though - makes a world of difference for everyday use, although I'm almost certain no games will now run on this laptop given the lack of a dGPU. Refresh rate was 60Hz earlier and is 60Hz now - any chance I'll be able to find a driver for this specific display and get better refresh rates for it?
Thanks for reading, hope someone else can benefit. If you find anything else about this display do let me know, I'm curious as well. The display itself cost INR 6,000 and I got INR 1,000 back for the old display, making it an effective INR 5,000.
I think I've upgraded almost every possible component except the APU itself - 16GB DDR4 RAM, this new display, an SSD in a caddy in place of the ODD...
Just thought I'd share this with the good folk at AT forums: I upgraded my laptop's 15.6" display!!
So I was sick and tired of the 1366x768px display that came with it and asked my Acer service center (who has also worked with our company for several years) to look into a possible use for a 1080p display on the same laptop. As it turns out, the main factor that determines whether it works or not is whether it has a 30-pin or a 40-pin connector.
This guy found a display, offered to put it in my laptop and have me trial it for a day, and it works beautifully. If I'd had this idea earlier, I'd have done it much earlier.
Attaching a picture of the new display on the laptop. Luckily the laptop is new enough to support 1920x1080 from Windows so it worked flawlessly.
One interesting thing to note is that this is a Chi Mei (Innolux) display. Using the hardware IDs from Device Manager I was able to find the following information about the display:
N156HCE-EAA Replacement Laptop LCD Screen From $54.99 Brand-new screens.
Lifetime warranty, Free returns. Replacement N156HCE-EAA LCD screen. N156HCE-EAA screens for your laptop or tablet for 54.99. Instructions, guides and videos to fix screens.
N156HCE-EAA Innolux 15.6" IPS LCM 1920×1080 220nits WLED eDP 30pins CMN15D8 | Richshine Technology Co., Limited
Richshine Technology Co., Limited sell Innolux 15.6" IPS LCM 1920×1080 220nits WLED eDP 30pins CMN15D8
www.panelook.com
Overall it's a decent display... 45% NTSC is surely abysmal but then this display is also used in a $750 HP Envy laptop, it seems. However what I'm surprised about is that this display seems to be displaying much warmer colours than the older one with the lower resolution. My sister's laptop with a 1080p display has that same warmth to it. I'm really really glad about having almost 2x the pixels though - makes a world of difference for everyday use, although I'm almost certain no games will now run on this laptop given the lack of a dGPU. Refresh rate was 60Hz earlier and is 60Hz now - any chance I'll be able to find a driver for this specific display and get better refresh rates for it?
Thanks for reading, hope someone else can benefit. If you find anything else about this display do let me know, I'm curious as well. The display itself cost INR 6,000 and I got INR 1,000 back for the old display, making it an effective INR 5,000.
I think I've upgraded almost every possible component except the APU itself - 16GB DDR4 RAM, this new display, an SSD in a caddy in place of the ODD...
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