Alienware 17 R1 w/ 8 bit color 120Hz/5ms panel N173HHE-G32 Success!

Did you succeed in replacing the panel? Do you need to unlock the BIOS or just replace the screen with the appropriate connector? Need to modify the EDID panel model in the BIOS? Can you tell us your email

 

use the new 40pin connector? the 3D panel 's connector?

 

Sorry for the super late reply. I didn't replaced it yet. I've returned my unit and postpone the upgrade as it need some frame modding=time that till late summer I don't have...
The only condition would be to have the 40pin connector nothing else! But please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Hi brother Striker! There are plenty of vendors in the Americas that can ship you the correct panel with the 40 pin connector. Here in the EU there also some but more difficult to find.

 

Did you manage to get the light strip underneath the panel to still function with the PCB in the way?

 

At the time of our chats he had only tested to see if it worked. Not sure if he modded to install it in his own unit.

I also had to remove the light strip, but it's a light sacrifice for a better panel lol

I still need to finish my mod but working 2 jobs at the moment just don't have the time to do it.

 

Another user named @Werss from another thread took some photos of his installation of the N173HHE-G32
https://imageshack.com/a/UBel/1
I'll post it here so that anyone interested in this screen can see it

 

Does anyone know the thickness difference between the original display (say, the LTN173HT02-D01) and the ChiMei Innolux display? I have the Innolux panel and the cable, I just need a dremel and something to act as a spacer between the bracket and the panel similar to that posted in the link above. I'm thinking its between 7-9mm in difference

 

I've just tried to test the Innolux panel and it looks great! But when I was installing the modded NVIDIA driver for my 1060 (431.36) the backlight for the panel just shut off completely, I can see the pixels when I shine a light through the screen, as soon as I run a DDU and the driver is gone, the backlight comes back... anyone ran into this issue? I read up somewhere that its to do with EDIDs or something but I was unsure of how to go about this as I would need to install Linux onto a USB and hotswap the panel while configuring the INF file or something like that but I wondered if there was another way to go around this before I commit to such a feat?