[PLUG] QXGA T60 looks fantastic

Patrick J. Timlick p.j.timlick at ieee.org
Mon Dec 14 15:28:40 UTC 2009


Keith - sounds cool. I need pictures to judge how it looks (please).

-- Pat

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 07:16:32PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > I finally got time to put the 15 inch QXGA (2048x1536) screen
> > in the T60.
>
> I forgot the punchline - if others also want to build a QXGA laptop,
> contact me.  We can build a few at the January Linux clinic, or even
> this month's clinic on the 20th if you order the parts quickly.  You
> will need a 15 inch standard screen Thinkpad T60 (ebay?) and an
> IAQX10N screen (try bigestock.com).
>
> The upgrade will not work with a 14.1 or 15.4 inch display.
>
> If the Thinkpad has a 1600x1200 or a 1400x1050 15 inch display, then
> you probably have the proper backlight inverter board.  If it has a
> 1024x768 15 inch display, you will need to get a 42T0076 or a 42T0079
> inverter board.  These are about $10 used on ebay, or $40 new from
> acsparts.com .
>
> More information on the mod at:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_a_QXGA_display_in_a_R/T60_or_61
>
> Keith
>
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