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Hey Together!,I have a broken Dell XPS 9550 with (working) 4k display… Now I stick with the display cover and its 4k panel inside. Is there any way to re-use this display with a HDMI or Display-port controller as an external monitor? Do I have to remove the LCD out of the cover for this? I don’t now how to get it out. But maybe the connectors to the mainboard already meet a standard and I can buy just some controller board to use it as a external monitor…. Does anyone know exactly which 4k display Dell used for this XPS? It is probably written on the back, but since I don’t know yet how to remove the panel from the cover, I can’t see it. Thank for reading :) Hope I can still use this brilliant piece of tech somehow.Greetings, Rodewyn.
Hi @rodewyn , Here’s the service manual for the laptop, taken from this webpage. Go to p.69 to view the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the display assembly. Once you have the display panel out, check on the back for the make and model number of the panel. Then search online for (insert make and model number) datasheet to hopefully find it online. The datasheet will have the video cable connector pin-out for the panel which will give information as to what each of the wires that are connected via the video cable to the panel are used for. Alternatively, find the laptop’s motherboard’s board number (printed on the motherboard itself) and search online for (insert board number) schematic, to hopefully find the schematics for the motherboard. This will also give you the pin-out for the video cable connection to the display panel. Once you have the pin-out then you will know how to connect a controller board to the panel as laptop LCD panels are not all wired the same. Hopefully this is of some help
