Are laptop screens interchangeable with their different resolution counterparts?

[screwd01]

I picked up a Dell Latitude e6510 and it has a 1366x768 screen. Other models of the laptop have 1600x900 and 1080p screens. It may be a dumb question but they should be useable on my device right?

 

[firewolfsm]

From the same laptop, definitely. Often displays are compatible between laptop models as well, but sometimes require an adapter.

 

[Bryf50]

Depends. The issue for going higher resolution is if it uses single-channel or double-channel lvds. Single-channel can't support higher than 1366x768 but it is possible that Dell used the same cable and setup as the higher res models.

 

[firewolfsm]

Yes but the motherboards are almost always the same in either case.

 

[screwd01]

Found the answer, yes, to my model in particular. http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/e6510-1366x768-to-1920x1080-direct-swap.621175/

Thanks for the insight!

 

[JWade]

I upgraded my dell e6420 to a 1600x900 screen from the 1366x768, it required a different cable, the cable that it came with, the 1600x900 screen would display right until I got the correct cable