- #SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH HOW TO#
- #SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH MOD#
- #SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH UPDATE#
- #SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH FULL#
- #SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH FREE#
Unscrew the two screws that hold the board in place. Thankfully there is no active circuitry in this area, it’s just all grounding and the screws are for strain relief. You will expose the portions of the board that will need to be removed. The new LCD will sit on this surface, so make sure it’s level all around.Ĭarefully cut and remove the foil from the bottom left and right portions of the LCD circuit board.
The rest of the frame can be whittled away with a sharp X-acto knife. I ended up just taking a pair of pliers and grabbing the frame in its teeth while rocking it back and forth to break it off like how metal fatigues under stress. I thought that I could sand-off the frame with a dremel cutting wheel, but the carbon fiber “melts” from the friction. They will be used later to hold the new panel in place. You do not want to remove the “standoffs” that are used grab the bezel’s clips. You will need to remove everything highlighted red in the picture. Once the back portion is removed, place it flat on your workbench and start removing the raised “frame” that used to hold the old LCD panel in place. If everything looks good (check for dead/stuck pixels, orangegate), you can proceed to modifying the back panel.
You’ll need to reassemble the keyboard assembly if you want to fully boot into your OS. Plug in and turn on the computer to see if it works properly. You can use this opportunity to connect the new panel to the display cable. The wifi antennas peel-off and the webcam just pulls straight out. This will remind you where to cut the new lcd panel. Draw an outline of the metal hinge on the carbon fiber panel with a permanent marker before you remove it from the body. The carbon-fiber back portion of the screen can be removed by unscrewing the six large-headed screws on the hinges. Separate the bezel apart from the LCD slowly to release the adhesive. Carefully pull the 40-pin connector straight out of the socket and the bezel/LCD unit will be free. The front portion of the bezel is attached to the original panel with a thin strip of adhesive along the bottom of the screen.
#SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH FREE#
Using a wooden or plastic spudger, you can carefully pry open the bottom of the display first, then free the bezel working your way up using inward pressure to free the clips along the side and upward pressure to free the clips on the top.
#SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH FULL#
The bezel can be opened without full disassembly of the laptop by unscrewing two screws on the bottom left and right of the display, underneath the rubber pads. Make sure you disconnect the battery and power adapter before you open the laptop! Get at least to the point where you have the keyboard assembly removed, then work on the bezel. You can follow almost the exact same procedure as in wizzardxexe’s post here. I will not detail the procedure to open up the body of the S13. When available, purchase the SLB1 instead of the SLB2 and most of the work will be done already.
#SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH UPDATE#
Update (4/20/13): The LP133WD2- SLB1 fits much better in the original display cavity, so a lot less cutting is needed. There are portions of the panel’s circuit board that will need to be cut because it is too wide to fit the bezel’s cavity.
#SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH MOD#
There are different models of the display and at least one other user (wwiktor) has used another version successfully in this mod (LP133WD2-SLB1).
#SONY VAIO S 13.3INCH HOW TO#
The connector matches the stock display, so no need to modify the cable (I wouldn’t have known how to do it anyway). The LP133WD2-SLB2 has a 40-pin dual LVDS connection on the lower-right portion of the panel, when viewed from the back. I bought mine off Ebay, your results may vary. First you will need to purchase the new display panel. This is an attempt to replace the display with a better quality IPS panel. Purpose : The quality of the stock TN panel (Chimei Innolux model N133FGE-元1) is disappointing, at best, due to its low viewing angles, harsh blue tone, low saturation, low contrast ratios and grainy anti-reflective coating. This thread outlines the procedure to swap out the stock VAIO S (SVS13A290X) 13.3” 1600x900 TN LCD panel with an LG 13.3” 1600x900 IPS LCD panel (model LP133WD2-SLB2).