D630 Owners Thread

Someone may have pulled up on it while it was still screwed in. This happened to me before and I just bent it back.

 

All the information above is accurate, including the need for the correct lcd cable for WXGA+ (WXGA+ cable with WXGA screen is fine).

Someone asked me to repair/replace a broken (wxga) lcd. The actual screen can be verified using the Servie Tag on Dell's support site, then there's no need to remove the lcd first (in case it's non-functioning and not your own laptop, that is ...). Since the price difference between the screens wasn't significant I went for the upgrade as well. In my situation it required a new, correct lcd cable. There are 2 versions (not counting revisions or different manufacturers):

Code:

WXGA+ (1440x900)   WXGA (1280x800)    
                                      
IAQ00 LCD Cable    IAQ00 LCD Cable    
DC02000FB0L        DC02000FC0L        
Rev: 3.0(A02)      Rev: 3.0(A02)      
FOXCONN Oct/23/07  FOXCONN Oct/17/07

This is from the label on the connector that goes into the motherboard proper (different manufacturer from the example codes above, but it had a better picture):


You can ignore everything besides the significant bit; the FB0L or the FC0L. Unfortunately not all cables are marked correctly on ebay (bought one labelled as "B", when it was in fact a "C" ), and you might miss the cheapest one because the part number is not specified on the listing. There is, fortunately, a foolproof method. It is, depending on the resolution, either a 1-channel or a 2-channel LVDS cable and that can be ascertained simply by looking at the (mercifully transparent) cable at its lcd end:

WXGA


WXGA+


Look at the number of individual lines going into the connector; the WXGA+ has almost twice the number of the WXGA (1 vs. 2 channel). Notwithstanding, you're still at the mercy of the seller using an actual picture of the item up for offer ... but you might ask if it's reference-only.

When they use thicker pads it's usually 4mm. But the nice thing about pads is that they compress quite easily. Just use some 5mm or even 6mm pads and you're perfectly fine in either situation.

 

Awesome info about the LCDS cables. I have been thinking about upgrading the LCD in my D630 and this info will come in very handy. Thanks!

 

Quick question,

I plan on upgrading the CPU in my D630 from the T7300 it has now to a P8600. Funnily enough my Precision M440 has such a CPU installed in it now. When I upgrade my M4400 to a Q9200, can I use the old CPU in my D630?

 

The D630 supports Penryn CPUs, so as long as your BIOS is up-to-date, it'll work fine.

 

Only Penryns with an 800MHz FSB... 1066MHz FSB parts will not work.

 

Dammit. Just ran CPU-Z on my M4400. The P8600 that is in this machine currently is 1066. Looks like I am off to e-bay for an 800MHz FSB CPU.

 

are all the d620, d630 from this era with the nvidia chip suffering from eventual failure?

 

Likely, yes. There was a revised motherboard that didn't have the issue, and I still have some of those machines in use, but it's difficult to tell which version you have.

 

Whoa! I had no idea they revised the mobo to fix the issue, I thought it was just best to avoid it altogether. Good to know!

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