Latitude E6220 IPS screen replacement

have you tried this (TL)(B1)?

 

I understand that comparing the MSRPs of both machines shows that they aren't in the same price range, but many E6220 users (myself included) got our systems from the outlet. I paid under $600 for mine, putting it at a significantly lower price point than the x220. Even if I add an IPS screen for $150 I would still come out at a lower total cost than purchasing the x220 with that option.

He clearly stated that he did get that panel and it wasn't an IPS. I don't see the purpose of replacing the current screen if it isn't for an IPS.

 

Thanks for the idea, I also did this to my E6220. I had an X220 sitting right next to it and just couldn't get over how ugly they look in comparison and feels out of date with a light instead of a backlit keyboard and I just couldn't use the terrible clickpad among a few other things. But mainly because of the clickpad.

So screens were swapped.

Only thing I've noticed is that the lowest brightness setting on the lenovo was much dimmer than the lowest brightness setting on the dell. Max brightness appears to be the same or maybe slightly brighter with the screen transplant on the dell if that's possible.

Had to be very careful mounting dell's awful snap in plastic trim back into the bezel, needed to remove some sections of tape and move them lower to stop it from creating a pressure point that resulted in some minor backlight leakage at the bottom of the screen.

Now all I want is a 1600x900 12.5" IPS AdobeRGB screen...

 

Nice! I don't think the X220 is ugly, I actually kind of like the mean all-business classic Thinkpad looks, but yeah I prefer the backlit keyboard although the light is better than nothing like on the X220T. And yes I hate the tiny touchpad on it.

1366x768 is pretty tight..

 

Well, a backlit keyboard is very necessary for a gaming notebook, and perhaps even desirable for accounting software, especially if a notebook has a separate numberpad.

As a touch typist, I don't even look at my keyboard, except when it comes function keys - but I also don't do a lot of spreadsheets.

Either way, it must be incredibly cheap to produce a backlit keyboard, and very profitable for manufactures to charge $50 for the option.

The touchpad on the X220 is small, but you have to remember that the X200 only had a pointstick - no touchpad at all. In any case, you have the buttons associated with the point stick, and on something this compact, it might be not be space efficient to have another two duplicate buttons.

 

The clickpad on the X220 is bad, but that's the end of that. Backlit keyboard are mushy, due to the way the keys are designed. My Alienware is the worst offender of that, the keyboard is UNUSABLE for any kind of typing, I have to use my USB Logitech G11. The ThinkLight takes care of the absence of backlit keyboard, and it also doesn't light up the whole room, just your keyboard. The non-backlit Latitude keyboards are mushy enough, backlight exacerbates the poor keyboards found on Latitude.

 

The latest Latitudes E6x20 series have the best keyboards I've used on a laptop. My E6220 and previously an E6420 both have backlit keyboards and I love the keyboards, more so than the X220; the E6220/E6420 is a bit more stiff which I prefer. The X220's keys are a bit light for my taste, sometimes I would press a key just resting my fingers on the keys, it's an excellent keyboard nonetheless.

 

Sorry for the hijack...but found this looking for info on how to change my E6220's screen. Dell is sending me a replacement. Can anyone point me to some info on how to remove it? Thanks!

 

It seems for 12.5, only this IPS screen is acceptable

 

If you look up the manual at support.dell.com it shows you how