Hi guys, back from a long hiatus.

I've been looking into modifying my laptop; thus far I've sorted out the problem about the loose/floppy keyboard by applying sticky tack.

I'm looking at a replacement fan for the laptop, as well as a screen.

Any idea what screens are going to work, and do I have to disassemble the base of the laptop to get to the screen, or just the monitor bezel?
I'm looking at replacing the original CMO 1366x768 with preferably a 1600x900 one. Gaming performance is not my utmost concern; rather I find it very constricted to work within 1366x768.

This post has been edited by SBS888G: Jul 15 2012, 12:27 PM

Hi guys, revisiting this thread again for the first time in a long time.

Since a friend of mine is going to China for a week, I'm asking him to get me some stuff from Taobao.

I'm looking at a LCD swap for my A42Jr since the colours are pretty horrendous (greenish and washed out) and tweaking colour profiles in the CCC only goes a certain way to fix this.

I know that the ATI chipset is supposed to have superior colours to a NVIDIA one but I think the issue with these units is the quality of the Chimei panel itself.

As such, are there any (preferably IPS) replacements that have the exact same LVDS type and LVDS positioning as the stock one?

Here are my requirements (in ascending order of cost and difficulty of acquiring):

- 1366x768, TN Panel, LG Philips. This will definitely improve on the colours but retaining the same resolution.
- 1600x900, TN Panel, LG Philips. This will definitely improve on the colours and give me a resolution boost which I need for my work.
- 1920x1080, TN Panel, Any brand. This is ideal - I would love to have the extra resolution for my work. Don't bother about gaming - I play only TF2 and if I need to play a game I'll just lower the resolution and use ATI scaling to stretch it to the full size of the screen.

These are my ideal screens. Of course, if we can acquire an IPS panel over a TN that would very much be appreciated. But before we even talk about 'accurate' colours I'd first like to see some 'better' colours.

Any ideas shifus?

Recently got a Fujitsu LH700 (working condition) to sell and I thought how about cannibalise some parts from it.

Turning my K42Jr into an X42Jr soon.

First thing that got swapped is the wireless card.
Atheros AR9285/5B95 got swapped in favour for the really good Intel Centrino 6300 Ultimate-N card from the Fujitsu.

Next step is a CPU transplant.

I know how to get to the motherboard but what baffles me is the amount of things holding it down.

Last week while replacing the rattling fan for my friend's K42 I noticed how hard it was for the motherboard to be pulled up despite undoing all the screws and freeing the left-side connectors from the clips at the side of the case.

It seems I also broke a few case clips and a screw post at the top left corner of the laptop (the one with the Altec and SRS logo).

The broken screw post does seem like a common issue - Asus Singapore took my laptop in late last year because I bricked the board in a BIOS flash and when it came back the screw at that point was glued it.

I was so pissed I camped at the centre way past closing hours just to ensure they fixed it so that I once again had a screw that could at least work like a screw.

I don't want to damage my laptop in the process of the CPU transfer... So any idea guys?

Additionally, where does one get a hold on the exotic plastic tape they use to seal the fan to the heatsink? That stuff bends and warps easily and once removed its near impossible to paste it back.

WiFi card installed. Works great on default Windows drivers.

I plan to strip out the third antenna from the Fuji and add it into the top of the screen - the bezel where the camera is located.

At the same time, remove the camera and mic from in there. I don't like having a camera spying on me without my express permission.

Seems like way too many games and applications turn the camera on and then don't turn it off.