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Anyone interested in a Hi-def (1920 x 1200) mod for PB/MBP?

nevir said:
Don't have the time to dissemble my lappy atm, but this should be the same screen, can't find any closeups of the adapter, yell if that's too difficult to tell

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That display should plug in just fine (cannot guarentee it but seeing how your not have to purchase it you might as well give it a shot). It will almost certainly have the same issues as the 1920 x 1200 displays. But the more people trying the more likely we will find a fix.
 
baxterbrittle said:
That display should plug in just fine (cannot guarentee it but seeing how your not have to purchase it you might as well give it a shot). It will almost certainly have the same issues as the 1920 x 1200 displays. But the more people trying the more likely we will find a fix.
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Awesome. Now to just hope the C2D's come out soonish :rolleyes:
 
I'm about to buy a "Dell Inspiron 8500 8600 9100 15.4" WUXGA LCD Screen", and join you all on the attempt to get this screen working with the mac book pro.

I have a small sugguest we need to post the screen shot to other forums, as i suspect this screen problem may of happened to somebody else, when trying to run osx on non apple hardware.

So maybe making a thread at http://www.osx86project.org/, with the screen shot with color messed up.

If somebody does decide to do this, please post the url to the thread here, if anybody else can think of other people who might of seen it please make a post to the relevant fourm, and post the url back here.

It does look as if the screen is running in 256 color mode, is there any possible of getting a bigger screen shot?
 
lovely: you order your panel? I am hoping that you guys keep this thread alive as I think the solution has to be simple.
 
tarjan said:
lovely: you order your panel? I am hoping that you guys keep this thread alive as I think the solution has to be simple.
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Well since the solution we have so far already involves a proprietary program, I'd say it's not exactly "simple" :p
 
> Have i got my panel?

No, i missed out on the ebay auction, internet went down. Quite anonying.

I'm trying to find some where to source a new, or very good condition 2nd hard panel in australia (melbourne), if anybody knows where i can find one, please let me know.

I could order one from usa, but it seems most these panels are second hand, and i don't really want to pay that kinda of shipping for a bad panel. Plus it being thrown around in box, during shipping worries me a little.

> Simple Soultion?

Well at the moment it involves a non free piece of software, but if we can fix the color problem, we'll probably find a another way of doing it without using that software. (Heres hopeing)

I suppose simple to me is something that works, that can be done by somebody in under half an hour.
 
I was able to verify the findings of vv-tim. Using DisplayConfigX I was able to get the display to sync under OS X. The color problem exists. I have the LG panel. I was only able to get the display to sync if I pushed the pixel clock 3Mhz over the value displayed in Windows. Also the color problem exists in the boot screen also. With a clean PRAM the boot up screen doesn't display at all. I have come to the same conclusion as vv-tim, something in EFI is screwing things up. Whatever is getting written to the PRAM on the first boot with the panel is causing the color issue. I think this is also why i have to overclock the pxel cloxk to get sync. I know none of this helps. Just wanted to let everyone know that I was able to reproduce the same conditions that vv-tim produced.
 
Do we know if these panels are the same bit depth as the apple panels? Have you guys tried to apply a profile to the screen for color correction?

If red is red, butwith the colors messed up, it could be a depth problem. If the colors are not correct, so red is blue, that could just be a driver issue, if it is somewhere in-between it is probably back to a depth problem or a driver issue.

Would be simple if the connection was just rgb, then find the right signal and possibly resolder or again, change the driver for the screen.
 
RickAdair said:
I tried switchresx also. Had the exact same results.
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This may sound dumb but has anyone tried the com.apple.Boot.plist stiring yet? I know we mentioned it sometime before but I cannot remember if anyone actually tried it. If not and someone has the panel installed please deactivate displayconfigx and then using textedit change /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist to have the following lines:

<key>Boot Graphics</key>
<sting>Yes</sting>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<sting>1920x1200x32@60</sting>

You can then play around with the settings if it doesn't work. Try 24 instead of 32 for example. or try different refresh rates. If somebody could do that it would be much appreciated. I'm going to have a play with it myself but I don't know how much help I will be.

EDT: Okay just tried pushing 32 bit on my panel and it works just as before. But it is worth giving it a go if it hasn't been tried yet.

Update: Not sure if this is important but after rebooting the machine com.apple.Boot.plist seems to have disappeared. I was under the impression that it needed this file and on my osx86 machine it wont boot without it. If someone could try this out it would be much appreciated.

Oh and you will probably want to repair permissions before rebooting. Also type this into terminal:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

EDIT: don't think you actually need to worry about that last part.

Also I am going to be converting this machine back to standard soon to be sold off. If anyone has any questions please ask while it is still together.
 
Don't have time to sift through the whole thread atm, but I'm in a pickle...

Cracked the LCD on my 1.83 MacBook Pro. Bought a new one on eBay from Bliss Computers and installed it. All the connections are correct and tight, but I don't have

a) iSight

b) Brightness Control

I reset the PRAM last night and it is now stuck at full brightness. Before that (between the time I installed the LCD and resetting the PRAM, it was at a low backlight setting.

Any Ideas?

Thanks!
 
its either busted or you accidentally pulled some additional cables.

Lets stick with the topic if you don't mind".


I am going to be ordering a c2d 2.16 laptop, and will eventuall give the 1920 a shot. My "research" seems to show that the CM screen is a 6+2 bit style screen, giving a 262k color palate. Kinda low, but respectable, as very few actually seem to support 16 million colors. I couldnt find details on the new versions of the screens you guys are using, so I cant say if the video standard is actually the same. If it is, I don't understand the color issue, if it isn't, then that explains the color issue.
 
tarjan said:
its either busted or you accidentally pulled some additional cables.

Lets stick with the topic if you don't mind".


I am going to be ordering a c2d 2.16 laptop, and will eventuall give the 1920 a shot. My "research" seems to show that the CM screen is a 6+2 bit style screen, giving a 262k color palate. Kinda low, but respectable, as very few actually seem to support 16 million colors. I couldnt find details on the new versions of the screens you guys are using, so I cant say if the video standard is actually the same. If it is, I don't understand the color issue, if it isn't, then that explains the color issue.
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No and no. And I don't mean to hijack, but I was suggested to post here, since not too many on this forum have seen the insides of their Mac notebooks, much less know what does what.
 
Compaq X1000 screen?

Does anyone know if the 1680x1050 15.4" screen from a Compaq X1000 will work in a Macbook Pro?

My X1000 died recently, but the 1440x900 in a MBP is too low for me to consider it as a replacement laptop.
 
tarjan said:
its either busted or you accidentally pulled some additional cables.

Lets stick with the topic if you don't mind".
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Anderson22 said:
No and no. And I don't mean to hijack, but I was suggested to post here, since not too many on this forum have seen the insides of their Mac notebooks, much less know what does what.
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And, if you have a look through the thread a while earlier you will see us talking about changing coloursync profiles for our display's. We found that this helps with replaced display's in Apple Laptops because if the system doesn't recognise the colour profile you wont have brightness control. Follow those steps and see what happens. If you can't get it working - come back and ask there is no problem here.
 
MilesInColorado said:
Does anyone know if the 1680x1050 15.4" screen from a Compaq X1000 will work in a Macbook Pro?

My X1000 died recently, but the 1440x900 in a MBP is too low for me to consider it as a replacement laptop.
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I don't want to be one of those whom tells everyone to read the thread but we cannot keep answering the same questions - So read the thread. It will work most likely IF we can get the software sorted, which is making little progress at the moment.
 
OK, I've sifted thorough all 13 pages a few times, but cannot find what I suppose I need:

How do I change the monitor's "Make" and "Model" information? I've gone through ColorSync Utility but still cannot change those values, nor am I sure of what they ought to be changed to.

It seems like some posts got deleted in the thread?

HELP!
 
baxterbrittle said:
I don't want to be one of those whom tells everyone to read the thread but we cannot keep answering the same questions - So read the thread. It will work most likely IF we can get the software sorted, which is making little progress at the moment.
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I read the first 3 pages, and saw people mention that some displays are compatible and others aren't. Then I did a "search this thread", for both "compaq" and "x1000", and didn't see anything relevant. The question I asked is if the 1680x1050 screen from a Compaq X1000 will work, and since I looked at all posts with "Compaq" or "X1000" in them and they *didn't* ask my question (let alone answer it), I really don't know what the heck you're talking about. Perhaps you know if the Compaq LCD is the same as some other model that people have talked about previously? If so, I'm all ears.

- Miles
 
MilesInColorado said:
I read the first 3 pages, and saw people mention that some displays are compatible and others aren't. Then I did a "search this thread", for both "compaq" and "x1000", and didn't see anything relevant. The question I asked is if the 1680x1050 screen from a Compaq X1000 will work, and since I looked at all posts with "Compaq" or "X1000" in them and they *didn't* ask my question (let alone answer it), I really don't know what the heck you're talking about. Perhaps you know if the Compaq LCD is the same as some other model that people have talked about previously? If so, I'm all ears.

- Miles
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You're not going to find anything specific to a Compaq display in the thread, mainly since most Manufacturers use common display parts (Compaq didn't make the actual display - it's probably Toshiba, LG, or someone similar)

The easiest way to tell is to pull your display out, take a look at the connectors, and see if they look similar to the pictures that are here in the thread.

If you're having trouble there, post a picture of the connectors.
 
anderson22 said:
OK, I've sifted thorough all 13 pages a few times, but cannot find what I suppose I need:

How do I change the monitor's "Make" and "Model" information? I've gone through ColorSync Utility but still cannot change those values, nor am I sure of what they ought to be changed to.

It seems like some posts got deleted in the thread?

HELP!
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Okay also try checking out the last section here

basically it is a case of figuring out which file OS X IS using for your display and swapping it for the one you want it to use. So you want it to use the standard MBP profile. Unfortunately I don't know which config it is for MBP as I don't have one. After that it should work perfect as you are using the same display type. If anyone could chime in with the coloursync profile for MBP 15" it would really help.
 
Thanks for all the help. That page helped immensely. And yes, if anyone could PLEASE let me know the colorsync information for a 15.4 MBP, I'd be forever grateful.
 
BaxterBrittle, I have nothing but thanks for you!! My display dims beautifully now! Thanks so much for all your help!!
 
I cracked the screen on my MBP 15", and seeing as the price is about the same I'd like to go hi-def as well... However I'm not in the financial position to buy a panel that doesn't have a reasonable chance of working.

So all I've got to say is how's everything proceeding? I've checked this thread everyday for the past 2 weeks and those with the MBPs haven't been commenting on their progress (or lack thereof). Good luck!
 
anderson22 said:
BaxterBrittle, I have nothing but thanks for you!! My display dims beautifully now! Thanks so much for all your help!!
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I'm really glad to hear that. I'm glad this thread has been of some assistance to someone, considering we haven't got this going on a MBP yet.

AznAstronaut:
If you can't afford for it not to work then go with the standard display. Maybe anderson22 can help you with a good place to get one from.
 
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