#1 Post by pianowizard » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:51 am

First of all, here's a photo of the finished product:I've had two R50p's with QXGA Flexview LCD for about a year. While I like them, it felt kind of boring to have two identical machines, so I started contemplating installing QXGA on a T43p. At least two people had done this mod before. The first person did it by replacing the entire display assembly with one from an R50p, suggesting that perhaps the T43p display assembly isn't thick enough to house the QXGA panel which is thicker than the T43p UXGA panel. The second person, on the other hand, claimed that he had successfully installed the QXGA panel into the T43p's original display assembly , but he didn't address whether the thick panel causes the bezel to bulge and/or prevents it from firmly attaching to the lid.I decided to find out for myself by buying a T43p and swapping display panels (NOT display assemblies) with one of my R50p's. I'm happy to report that this mod is feasible! The display bezel bulges very slightly near the LED indicators, but other than that it looks good. There were several tricky steps, though:1) The bottom of the panel initially stuck out ~ 2 mm. I solved this by removing the screws attaching the panel to the brackets around it, allowing me to push the panel inward.2) Because the shape of the ribbon wasn't designed for T43p, it took me over 10 minutes of fiddling around to attach the inverter to the ribbon.3) I had to cut the R50p's QXGA inverter several mm shorter to get it to fit inside the display assembly.I subsequently changed it to the T43p's original UXGA inverter and haven't had any issue. This UXGA inverter fits much better into the display housing.4) I had to remove the block of plastic below the keyboard bezel's display position sensor. As a result, this sensor no longer works, i.e. I can no longer activate sleep mode by closing the display lid. Not a big deal, because I always use Fn + F4 anyway.After the QXGA upgrade, the weight of this laptop went up from 6.02 lb to 6.35 lb, both measured with a 6-cell battery.*** The R50p is now for sale ***