I’ve ordered a Uconsole screen but I’m worried about breaking the screen. Does anyone know anything about the replacement process?
Does anyone know if the company sells specific replacement parts or the part number for the screen? Any tips or guidance is appreciated!
Bump, cold anyone share a photo of the screen and the back of it?
seems to be this factory/supplier: 5 inch Middle Size TFT LCD Module | Shenzhen TXW Technology Co. Ltd.
Is it one of the ones listed at this link? I just broke my screen and would like to get a replacement.
I had my screen replaced after 3 or so months of (ab)use. First it started with a black line that ran the length of the screen when there are enough black pixels in a line. Then more popped up over time to the point that the screen flickered. By then, I set the external display as my primary monitor. The situation got worse to the point that I can only see the leftmost 10-20% of the content until that too eventually disappeared. But the backlight still works.
From the first symptoms to full blown failure took about… 3 weeks. I reported my concern to Alex, and he agreed to send me a replacement screen free of charge, and shipped to my doorstep in about two weeks.
I fitted it in, and the replacement screen works fine again, almost. The right edge appears darker, but I guess I can’t be too picky. Oh yeah, both the old screen and the new one exhibit ghosting when images are displayed at a fixed point for a prolonged period. Methinks the display isn’t what you’d call top quality, which I guess I can overlook somewhat.
However, I’m also scared of damaging the screen once more. I’ve tried using a blank webpage with a black background as a “screensaver”. I’m not sure what other precautions I could do to help prolong the life of the screen. Can my mainboard be at fault? The kernel? The OS? The DE?
I would send a photo to Alex and explain that the replacement screen has issues as well. I have not seen any of those issues on my unit. I did implement the “sleep” support scripts right away though and I always hit the power button to turn off the screen when not actively using it.
So:
The exact model number is on the back there, and it is a TxWEI screen, part number TXW50017B0.
Dimensionally, the module is 119mm x 65mm, with a 111.25mm x 63mm active area starting 1mm x 1mm from the top-left, the primary ribbon connected to the right hand side, and exiting the footprint 75mm from the left.
Electrically, it’s a standard 40-pin LVDS (like a laptop screen). It is not MIPI (like the official Raspberry Pi display).
Logically, it’s 1280x720 resolution.
Practically, your best option is to email clockwork to see if you can source a replacement directly. I just worked out this stuff because I wanted to see what my options might be for upgrades. The fact that it’s standard LVDS implies I might be able to re-case it in a variety of ways with size-matched screens with just a few tweaks to config.txt.
@Rex this might be helpful
