A screen difference between Lynx II REV.A and REV.2?

[ATLynxer]

Hi

I thought the screen was the same for all the Lynx II.

So I bought a Lynx II thinking to change the screen with some broken pixels with a perfect one I've got.

I opened the "new" Lynx and found it is a C104129-001 REV.2 (never seen before)

While others I've got are all C104471-001 REV.A

But on the screen (on both I mean) there is the same code: C104160 REVA

Even if the little rectangular plastic sheet attached to the screen flat connector is white on the "new" one (I mean the C104129-001 REV.2 one) while it's black on the C104471-001 REV.A screen.

But I repeat: the code on the two screens is the same: C104160 REVA

Anyway, the screen of the Lynx C104471-001 REV.A (tested many times and also now) doesn't work at all on the REV. 2


So I tested again and that screen works perfectly on a C104471-001 REV.A
And broken pixels apart, the C104129-001 REV.2 works with its own screen.

Do you have any experiences about that thing?

Edited November 11, 2018 by ATLynxer

[allthingsanalogue]

This made me look at my screen!

 

Two part numbers but same screen? Very confusing!

[GadgetUK]

Yes, this is something a few of us spotted back in 2011 / 2012 ish. There does appear to be a couple of different screen revisions for the Lynx II that don't seem to be interchangeable. I was going to mention this in my recent Lynx video but when I looked at the different revs I have here I found no problems swapping the screens around. It's very strange because I am sure both me and LX NET discovered the same in the past, yet recently I found swapping different rev screens around seemed to work for me - maybe I didn't have the exact revisions where the conflict seems to be (ie. Rev.A and Rev.2)

 

So for the moment I would say yes this is the case, but I am not sure where the differences are.