[ltp] T61 SXGA+ LCD panel

green linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 08:14:05 -0600


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Rob Tomsick wrote at 2013-12-25 11:41 -0600:
> On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 09:10 -0600, green wrote:
> > My T61 SXGA+ LCD panel has become quite dim.  I have considered
> > replacing the CCFL or getting a LED backlight kit.  However, from
> > responses here (thanks), these options seem to be less practical than
> > simply replacing the LCD panel.
> >=20
> > According to the Hardware Maintenance Manual, there are (or were)
> > panels for the T61 from Hydis, Samsung, and TMD.  Is it possible to
> > find out what panel I currently have without removing it?
>=20
> Yes.  There is a pair of tools (get-edid and parse-edid) that will
> retrieve and parse (respectively) the EDID info from your panel.=20

Excellent.  The only output that looks like it might identify the LCD
is `ModelName "LEN:2240`, and I am not finding anything with searches
on that.  I will look around some more later, also.  Thanks.

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