Replacement Screen compatibility with lp171wu1-tlb1 (tl)(b1)

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Replacement Screen compatibility with lp171wu1-tlb1 (tl)(b1)

I've replaced other screens with the same model number and a different trailing number before since it's supposed to be a manufacturer / brightness thing. Does anyone know if the a4k3 (a4)(k3) or another similar model will fit? It's driving me nuts and I'm sure there's got to be another compatible lp171wu1 out there.

Dell M1210 2.0ghz/4gb/500gb/Multi-Boot, Mac OS X (10.5.6), Jonathan Taufer willpower101.com jonathantaufer.com revizzle.com find me on mysp

Posted on Aug 19, 2009 2:45 PM

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Willpower101 Author

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Aug 19, 2009 4:22 PM in response to Willpower101

Update because of some confusion:
Actually working on a macbook pro 17" 1920x1200 wuxga. So far these are the screens that SHOULD work, but the A4 K3 is doing this:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6726/garbled1.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2918/garbled2.jpg

So I'm trying to decide if this is a bad screen or an incompatible screen (which seems unlikely given that I replaced a 17 wsxga screen with a completely different code a week ago and it worked.)

list of matte screens

lp171wu1
a1
a4
a4 k3? - matte i've seen it - doesn't work
tl a3
tl a6
tl b1 - this is what's in the laptop and works great. NOTE: this works fine on a 15" powerbook at 1920x1200 as well. while the a4 k3 has the same problems as above

lp171wu3
tl a1
tl b1

glossy! (can't use if High gloss! Dull is ok.)

wu1
a4 k2
a4 k4
a4 k5
a4 k6
tl a1
tl a2
tl a5
tl a7
tl b2

wu3
tl a2?
tl a3?
tl b3

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Lorykk20

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Nov 30, 2009 2:47 AM in response to Willpower101

I Tryed to replace the LP171wu1-tlb1 with the LP171wu1 A4.
After i installt the new Display only the bootcamp partition Windows 7 can be started. Snow Leo wont boot. It hangs at the grey apple boot symbol.
A dialer on ebay told me that LP171WU4 can be used vor replacement.
Can andybody acknowledge this?

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