Official Sony Vaio F Series Owners Thread *Part 6*

[titus1972]

Is it a good idea to upgrade my VPCF136FD/B (stock 1600 x 900 screen) with an 1920 x 1080 screen myself? I assume there will have to be a controller card as well. Has anyone done this upgrade ? I enjoy projects like this but I have yet to find anyone that has made the conversion and I do not want to find out it is not possible only after buying all the hardware and taking apart my factory screen.

[Fishon]

Is it a good idea to upgrade my VPCF136FD/B (stock 1600 x 900 screen) with an 1920 x 1080 screen myself? I assume there will have to be a controller card as well. Has anyone done this upgrade ? I enjoy projects like this but I have yet to find anyone that has made the conversion and I do not want to find out it is not possible only after buying all the hardware and taking apart my factory screen.

Blackball has tried and has never posted about a successful ending. He'd been trying to upgrade his LCD from a single-lamp 1600x900 to a dual lamp FHD. I think he got the right inverter but never got the correct cable. Look into his posts- mostly in part 5 of the thread.

[blackball]

Is it a good idea to upgrade my VPCF136FD/B (stock 1600 x 900 screen) with an 1920 x 1080 screen myself? I assume there will have to be a controller card as well. Has anyone done this upgrade ? I enjoy projects like this but I have yet to find anyone that has made the conversion and I do not want to find out it is not possible only after buying all the hardware and taking apart my factory screen.

Hi,

My problem has been finding the dual-lamp, FULL HD cable (our laptops have a slightly different one). To get it new is very difficult, because Sony normally sells you the parts that are compatible with the laptop you have - for this, they request your S/N! Of course, our laptops are *not* compatible with the "full hd" cable.

I found a French parts seller that were willing to help me get the cable anyway- haven't heard from them yet...

In the meantime, I found a used cable on ebay (extremely rare), and it's on its way (I may end up with 2 cables in the end!).

My advice to you: Be patient for a few days til I get my cable, and see if my new dual-lamp FHD screen actually *works* with the new cable. If it does work, I'll help you find everything you need for the upgrade (and may even be able to sell you the extra full-hd cable that I may end up with). You'll have to decide if it's worth the money and effort, given my experience

[titus1972]

So are you doing the same thing then? Upgrading from the 1600 x 900 (720p) to the 1920 x 1080 (1080 HD) sharp panel? If so what is the best price you have found on that sweet sharp panel? EG LQ164M1LD4C replacement Laptop LCD Screen $199.99 Brand-new screens (never used). Good luck I will be watching closely. What about the panels inverter or controller or what ever it is called?

[Bellzemos]

Hi! When I press the Display Off button the screen contents are still visible (very dimmed though, but still there). Is this a common thing or is it just mine F13? Thanx.

[sheebp]

It just switches off the lamps, so yes - that's normal.

[Fishon]

Hi! When I press the Display Off button the screen contents are still visible (very dimmed though, but still there). Is this a common thing or is it just mine F13? Thanx.

1) (the webcam has stopped working, the green light comes on but no image shows up and theres no problem that windows detects. this is not a lighting problem. ) - Just go to webcam settings and uncheck low light compensation,click apply then check again low light compensation-apply and your web cam will work.

Never noticed you can still see a bit of the screen when using 'Display Off' and never noticed the low light compensation setting in the webcam software. Admittedly, I do not use either function very often. However, I've had my laptop for 15 months and I learned two new things today within F thread. Thanks guys.

[blackball]

So are you doing the same thing then? Upgrading from the 1600 x 900 (720p) to the 1920 x 1080 (1080 HD) sharp panel? If so what is the best price you have found on that sweet sharp panel? EG LQ164M1LD4C replacement Laptop LCD Screen $199.99 Brand-new screens (never used). Good luck I will be watching closely. What about the panels inverter or controller or what ever it is called?

Yes, I'm going for the full HD LCD, as well as going from one lamp to two (the european "premium" screens have two lamps, whereas the US ones have one).

I have found various dual-lamp full HD screens for around $200 (sometimes less). If you go for the two lamps, you need an inverter with two lamp sockets. I searched for the one Sony uses in its laptops- That's much easier to find and can cost less than $40-50.

[blackball]

The guy who sold me the "full HD" LVDS cable had taken apart a european F-series with the "premium" display, and was kind enough to tell me which screen was in it.

To confirm what someone in this thread had stated a while back, the part number is LQ164M1LA4A B.

To this day, I have not found one of these being sold on the internet- just the usual companies advertising compatible "replacement" screens which do *not* necessarily carry the same part number... I wonder if there is any difference.

The guy also mentioned that he eventually bought one from laptopscreenonline, but they shipped the wrong screen twice (perhaps compatible "replacements"?).

[titus1972]

So why , aside from the more is always better concept, do we want to use the 2 light system over the one ? Is the screen quality improved on these? Does the inverter affect the resolution of the new 1920 x 1080 HD panel as well?