Reply 21680 of 27574, by Strahssis
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HanSolo wrote on 2022-05-11, 23:35:Nice! As you seem to be into modding: have you ever researched if the screen of these Toshibas can be replaced with a more modern one? I have a CDT-version and even the active matrix is only mediocre by today's standards. If that could be upgraded to any kind of newer display it would make the machine even better than it already is.
I do understand the problem, the screen is definitely a downside of these laptops. Sadly I have never tried to put in a modern replacement screen, so I can't tell you if that would work unfortunately. Finding a compatible screen would be difficult as well, because of the small size and the 4:3 aspect ratio. The only thing I know is that the TFT screen can be modded in the DSTN laptops, although I haven't done such an operation either. I may try that if I come across a cheap faulty TFT-variant some day. Toshiba isn't really my specialty, I am more into Compaqs. 🙁
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