Has anyone been able to swap the display in a HP Elitebook 8770W with a non-DreamColor eDP display?

I'd like to upgrade my laptop, and I'd like to have a Pascal GPU, because that would make it less of a sidegrade, but the GTX 1070 only does eDP, so I'd need a eDP display.

From what I've heard, it seems possible to use any random eDP display since the 8770W's display connector supports both LVDS and eDP, but it doesn't seem like anyone has done it. I think the closest candidate would be the eDP displays from the HP ZBook 17 line, but I could be absolutely wrong with that suggestion.

 

If I remember right @triturbo is the resident expert on the Elitebooks

 

Thanks for the bump. I think that it was done (eDP panel upgrade), but I can't recall where I saw it in order to give you a link. Maybe @mirage_bg has better knowledge of the matter.

 

Is this legit?
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?sp...s8eYl&id=525300792364&ns=1&abbucket=18#detail

 

I recall from our forum that it is legit, but that not all of the selections are still in stock from the seller, according to a forum member's query to the seller.

 

I have never ordered from Taobao, so I would prefer if there was somewhere else where someone was selling those panels at a good price. If there really is nowhere else to get them, I'd need a good tutorial on how to buy from Taobao in the US

 

Your best bet would be with some trustworthy TaoBao agent. Search google, there are plenty of them

 

Does the display come with a decoder board?

 

No, the color board and cables need to be bought separately.

 

Might as well just get it off of eBay for cheaper then