Putting a Hi-Res screen in a non-Hi-Res 1.67ghz PowerBook Aluminum

I can't remember where I saw this, but somewhere I read that you can install a High-Resolution screen on a PowerBook that didn't come with one. I assume this would be correct as I imagine the cable is the exact same, and I have heard stories of people getting a lower resolution screen on accident when getting them replaced with AppleCare. Is this all true, or is the cabling different, thus making it impossible?
Specifically, I am looking at a 15" PowerBook with 1.67Ghz, Model# A1106.
Thanks

We've seen plenty of posts here from people who were unsuccessful in installing any display other than the correct one for their Powerbook model. I don't recommend trying it unless the screen you're installing is free and your time isn't worth much to you.
If you want to check the compatibility of a particular screen with a particular PB model, you can try calling any or all of the following parts vendors and asking their advice. My guess is that they will echo my own advice above, but don't take my word for it if you'd prefer a second (and third, etc.) opinion.
http://www.pbparts.com (parts and repair work)
http://www.dttservice.com (parts and repair work)
http://www.powerbookresq.com (parts and repair work)
http://www.tekserve.com (parts and repair work)
http://www.welovemacs.com (parts and used equipment)
http://www.ifixit.com (parts and excellent, illustrated online take-apart instructions)
Phone numbers can be found on their websites.

Similar Messages

Macbook Pro High Res Screen getting White Spot/Mura

I have 2012 MBP with the High res screen. Bought it back in August. I noticed today that I see a little mura/white spot devloping in the screen. Its not noticeable on dark backgrounds, only light colors. But on light colors, its very noticeble. Im still under my year of Apple Care. What is the likeliness they'll replace the screen? Also I added a ssd to my mac via the OWC data doubler, will i need to put the opitcal drive back in before I take it in? WIll they through a fit if they find out?

I have 2012 MBP with the High res screen. Bought it back in August. I noticed today that I see a little mura/white spot devloping in the screen. Its not noticeable on dark backgrounds, only light colors. But on light colors, its very noticeble. Im still under my year of Apple Care. What is the likeliness they'll replace the screen? Also I added a ssd to my mac via the OWC data doubler, will i need to put the opitcal drive back in before I take it in? WIll they through a fit if they find out?

Macbook Pro Hi Res Screen 1440x900 instead of 1440x852

I have a new 15" MacBook Pro with a High Resolution Screen. I wan't the antiglare more than the high resolution, and I makes some things too small when I don't have my reading glasses. I can set it to 1440x852, which is "OK", but why can't I set it to the reslution the non-high res screen uses (1440x900). There is a bar of black at the top and the bottom, so I do waste a small bit of "real estate".
Maybe not the most earth shaking problem, but something that bugs me....

There is a fix!
I have a 30 inch monitor running at 2560 x 1600 with my Mac Mini and the outrageous $99 adapter from Apple. (Found it new for $60 on eBay.)
My menu bars and Google Chrome's tabs and bookmark bar were both way too small - like 4 point!
TinkerToolSystem, (not TinkerTool) allows you to go into hidden preferences and re-set to "HiDPI." Afer making the adjustment which doubled my DPI, I had to choose half the resolution 1280 x 800, but with no loss of real resolution! Things did get bigger elsewhere but I was able to adjust most of them. Hooray! GL!
Download the Evaluation copy of TinkerToolSystem. You get to open it 5 times for free.
http://www.bresink.com/osx/300321023/Docs-en/pgs/System.html
About halfway down, under "Screen."
For Snow Leopard
By default, Mac OS X assumes that the display screen is rendering graphics with a resolution of 72 pixels per inch. This policy was taken over from the classic Mac OS. While this basic assumption was true when the Macintosh was introduced more than 20 years ago, today's display devices often have a much higher resolution. The pixels have become smaller, so your screen may actually use e.g. 100 pixels per inch. In practice, this means that graphical elements, for example fonts, will be displayed too small, so a 12 point font selected in an application might no longer match the actual size of a 12 point font printed in a book when you compare screen and book side by side.
To accommodate these changes, Mac OS X is capable of using arbitrary display resolutions. TinkerTool System allows you to change the resolution between 36 and 216 pixels per inch. If the screen display stays the same, the screen contents will be displayed larger when you set a higher resolution, and smaller when you set a lower resolution.
For Lion and Mt.Lion
Apple has removed the feature from the operating system that allowed to control the physical resolution of screen output by an infinitely variable factor. As of 10.7 or later, this function was replaced by the feature HiDPI (High Number of Dots per Inch) which allows to double the physical resolution only. This means you can select between the discrete values 72 ppi and 144 ppi (or 288, 578, … ppi in the far future). Other magnification steps or scaling down are no longer available. The HiDPI strategy allow OS X to be used on ultra-high-resolution screens (“retina displays”).
Enabling the HiDPI feature requires two steps. The first step is to unlock HiDPI mode via TinkerTool System. The second step is to select one of the HiDPI display resolutions on the pane Displays ofSystem Preferences. Perform the following steps to work with HiDPI display modes:
Select the item Screen in the pane System.
Switch between the two possible modes Hide HiDPI resolutions and Display HiDPI resolutions.
Log out to let the change take effect.
When you log in again, you can launch System Preferences, go to Displays and choose one of the HiDPI settings shown in the table Display > Resolutions.
WARNING: The display resolution is a very critical setting. If you set the resolution too high, the windows can become so large that they no longer fit on screen. This means you can no longer see or control all parts of some applications which can make your system unusable!
To use the system with 144 ppi, a screen with at least 2048 x 1536 pixels is strongly recommended, because OS X applications are designed by the rule that they can expect windows to have a minimum size of 1024 x 768 pixels at 72 ppi.
The Retina Displays may lead to a software update and then we will all be happy.

Quality of MBP 17 (1920x1200) high-res screen at lower res (1680x1050)?

Just about to buy a 17-inch MBP and intend to generally use it at 1680x1050. But I would sometimes benefit from use (Final Cut Pro) at 1920x1200, so I'm considering the high-res option.
But I worry that the 1920x1200 native version may not be sharp at a non-native 1680x1050. I would buy the high-res version ONLY if it was equally sharp at 1680x1050. Any 1920x1200 users out there who can comment?
Thanks much,
Bradley

I don't need to specifically work at 1680x1050, it's just what I choose as an example because it's the native res of non high-res 17-inch screen. The issue here is that I'm a film editor who would benefit from high-res for FCP, but I'm also a writer, and I don't want to be working with text that small (not to mention just general use and the GUI) for the rest of my life. No, using larger fonts won't suffice -- I don't want to write in large type, then have to downsize when I send it out, etc. That would not work. I'd rather pass on the 1680x1050. I have big screens for most editing ...
Sounds already like the answer is that native-is-native. Expect the screen to work very well at whatever its native res is. Switching to other resolutions involves a trade off. OK. I get it.

Purchasing MBP & then get a Hi Res Screen Installed?

Hi, I couldn't find this question submitted.
I am thinking of buying a new MBP UK, 15-inch: 2.6 GHz. I primarily want to use it for some Visual Effects work & regular activities (ie Web, photo, etc.) I don't think I can afford the Retina & if I could, I'd rather buy the top non Retina at this stage as the lower Retina's HD is too small & I'd want to upgrade RAM.
Is it possible to get a Hi Res screen (the one offered on the configure page for £80) fitted after you have purchased the laptop? Or do you have to upgrade it through Apple when you buy? If it is possible does anyone know where? If this is not possible I guess it's best to buy it standard & get an external display in the future.
Thanks in advance.

thalizard wrote:
Is it possible to get a Hi Res screen (the one offered on the configure page for £80) fitted after you have purchased the laptop?
no.

I encountered an error in the Payment Wizard screen as I was creating an Outgoing Payment for petty cash expenses. On the "Recommendation Report" screen, I clicked "Non-Included Trans." and saw that one of the vendors (Vendor Code: WILCO) has the followi

Hello,
I encountered an error in the Payment Wizard screen as I was creating an Outgoing Payment for petty cash expenses. On the “Recommendation Report” screen, I clicked “Non-Included Trans.” and saw that one of the vendors (Vendor Code: WILCO) has the following error:
“The document amount is greater than the max. amount allowed in the payment methods linked to the BP”
Upon checking, the “PCF-W” Payment Method linked to WILCO does not have any restrictions, nor does WILCO have any credit/commitment limit set. I have also appropriately defined the Dummy Business Partner Bank (under Payment Terms) as well as checked the “Included” box for PCF-W on the Payment Run-Payment Methods screen.
Could anyone please help me on this?
Salamat,
Cat

PS - have found other posts indicating that clips smaller than 2s or sometimes 5s, or "short files" can cause this. Modern style editing often uses short takes ! Good grief I cannot believe Apple. Well I deleted a half a dozen short sections and can export, but now of course the video is a ruined piiece of junk and I need to re-do the whole thing, the sound etc. which is basically taking as much time as the original. And each time I re-do it I risk again this lovely error -50 and again trying to figure out what thing bugs it via trial and error instead of a REASONABLE ERROR MESSAGE POINTING TO THE CLIP IT CAN'T PROCESS. What a mess. I HATE this iMovie application - full of BUGS BUGS BUGS which Apple will not fix obviously, since I had this product for a few years and see just hundreds of hits on Google about this error with disappointed users. Such junk I cannot believe I paid money for it and Apple does not support it with fixes !!!
If anyone knows of a GOOD reasonably priced video editing program NOT from APPLE I am still looking for suggestions. I want to do more video in future, but obviously NOT with iMovie !!!

When I turn on my Macbook Pro and sign in, the screen is blank, none of the icons appear, I can't click, open or do anything! Help!

When I turn on my Macbook Pro and sign in, the screen is blank, none of the icons appear, I can't click, open or do anything! Help!

You could try this; Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode.It takes awhile to come up so patience is a virtue here.
And here is What is Safe Mode.
DALE

How to put values from selection screen to ztable

hi all,
i have created a ztable.
now i want to put data through se38.
i have given 5 parameters in selection screen same as there in ztable.
now if i put values in selection screen then it should put that values to my ztable .
how can i put values into my ztable.
i used insert but not workiing.

Hi,
Try this.
TABLES : ztable.
SELECTION-SCREEN:BEGIN OF BLOCK b1 WITH FRAME TITLE text-t01.
PARAMETER : p_field1 TYPE field1_in_ztable,
                        p_field2 TYPE field2_in_ztable.
                        p_field3 TYPE field3_in_ztable.
                        p_field4 TYPE field4_in_ztable.
                        p_field5 TYPE field5_in_ztable.
SELECTION-SCREEN:END OF BLOCK b1.
DATA : itab TYPE TABLE ztable,
             wa_itab TYPE ztable.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN.
      MOVE p_field1 TO wa_itab-field1.
      MOVE p_field2 TO wa_itab-field2.
      MOVE p_field3 TO wa_itab-field3.
      MOVE p_field4 TO wa_itab-field4.
      MOVE p_field5 TO wa_itab-field5.
INSERT ztable FROM wa_itab.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
MESSAGE 'Successfully saved' TYPE 'I'.
ENDIF.
Thanks,
Sri.
Edited by: Sri on Jul 28, 2009 4:15 PM

Brief hi-res screen review for MBP.

I waited to get the high resolution screen when I got this MBP, mostly because I'd be working on photography during a journey.
I appreciated it on a long trip, allowing me to let watch end-of-season 49'ers and Giants' games, but had no idea how poor the reception I experienced was. Now, looking at a game from last night on it, I'm truly surprised by the excellence of the picture.
For those who care about it, whatever your visual focus, it's worth it.
Karen
When using it, the high res means what you see and move here and there online (photos, whatever) on your high res monitor will be bigger to most people.

Thanks for the reply. I do understand that everything on the Refurb list has been returned and reconditioned by Apple. Just looking to save a few bucks if I can find the configuration I want and I've been watching the Refurb list for about 2 months now. What surprised me is the complete lack of Hi-Res glossy screens. And that got me wondering if there is a well-known reason that the Hi-Res screens are mostly (all?) antiglare as well.

I want to put Acrobat in full screen mode, and use the pencil to write simultaneously.

I want to put Acrobat in full screen mode for a presentation, and use the pencil to write on the page at the same time. Is there any way both can be used simultaneously?

George is on the money - you'll not be able to use the pencil tool while in full screen.
Something to try:
Use F8 and F9 to hide what is at the top of Acrobat's window.
Have the Pencil tool selected for use first.
You'll be able to use the Pencil tool.
The PDF, with Acrobat's window maximized, will give the appearance of "full screen".
Be well...

So i have a white iphone and cracked the screen back in July. They had no more white screens in stock so they put on a black screen. would that by any chance avoid the warrenty

So i have a white iphone and cracked the screen back in July. They had no more white screens in stock so they put on a black screen. would that by any chance avoid the warrenty

Who put a screen on it?
I would say the warranty is void.

So im about to buy a mac pro, I just need help cause im not sure if it's worth paying more for instance, a hi-res screen compared to the stock screen, and will i really miss the .2 ghz and the upgraded video card if I get the 2.0 ghz mbp?

So im about to buy a mac pro, I just need help cause im not sure if it's worth paying more for instance, a hi-res screen compared to the stock screen, and will i really miss the .2 ghz and the upgraded video card if I get the 2.0 ghz mbp?

The_Tiger92 wrote:
So im about to buy a mac pro, I just need help cause im not sure if it's worth paying more for instance, a hi-res screen compared to the stock screen, and will i really miss the .2 ghz and the upgraded video card if I get the 2.0 ghz mbp?
It appears the 15" 2.2 ghz isn't worth spending $400 more for, but you get the 1GB Radeon 6750M that has four times the VRAM than the 15" 2.0Ghz model and about 167% more performance. High settings on all current games with over 50 fps.
If your not into 3D gaming or just light weight, then the 2.0 Ghz (last years performance) will suffice on low-medium settings at about 30 fps.
The 13" is rather poor as it has integrated graphics. 30 fps on only some games.
The high res screen is a excellent choice and the anti-glare is great for viewing just about anywhere.
No messy films to replace at $30-$40 a pop.
A lot of people bring the glossy screens back once they hear about the anti-glare.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/05/23/glossy-vs-matte-screens-why-the-pc-indus trys-out-of-touch/
Here's my 17"
In my opinion the extra $400 for another 2-3 years of use out of the computer is worth it.
Quad cores are more than enough for most uses for most people for many years, it's just a slow card is going to make the machine feel slow in rendering graphics in the future.

I download to my laptop and burn a disc. But when I put that disc on my home computer none of song info. show up. What I am missing.

I use a wifi connection to download to my laptop, burn a playlist. But when I go to put the disc on my home computer none of the song information shows up. I have to put in all the info. myself. I'm I missing a setting. Thanks.
Heavy Eddie

Yes, that is correct..
I think it is good to start over fresh and please use all names that are short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. NOT names Apple will recommend in the airport utility setup wizard.. they are simply wrong.
Much less issues by sticking with network standards..
Passwords also met the same criteria only can be 8-20 characters or even more if you are totally paranoid.. We all should be partly paranoid.
But names can be 2-8 characters and work just as well.

TS1425 My nano has been corrupted! Won't torn off or on...has a weird smoky color screen that is non-responsive.

My nano has been corrupted! Won't torn off or on...has a weird smoky color screen that is non-responsive. Any ideas?

You'll probably need to take or send your iPod in for service either to Apple or a third party repair company.
B-rock

What gives the best contrast and sharpness in text and reading documents on macbook pro with Hi-res screen, glossy or anti glare ?

HI,
I consider buying a MacBook pro 15 with hi-res screen.
My primary use is text editing and document reading (primarily Word).
I want as good as possible "clearness" or is it called contrast, leat blurry looking text.
Anyone who has any experience and/or opinion on this.
Thanks for your answer.
Terje

If I were you, I would opt for the high-res/anti-glare option - it's only $100US now: back when I purchased my MBP in March of 2012, it was a $250 option which I just couldn't afford. Now, looking at the new models side-by-side, I wish that I had ponyed up the $250 for the HR/AG option.
I'm certain that you won't regret it - the people that have the option seem to be tickled pink with it. These days I'm using a (glossy) 17" Apple Thunderbolt Display 90% of the time in a semi-dark room. But I find that my MBP with the glossy screen is simply unusable when outdoors or in bright backlighting.
Go for it...
Clinton

Putting a Hi-Res screen in a non-Hi-Res 1.67ghz PowerBook Aluminum

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for