Retina Screen & eDP pinout for years 2013 / 2014 2015

G.Beard

New member
Hi.

I need a few screens for some Pro Retina machines. 2013 2014 and 2015 13" and a 2015 15"

Looking at the schematics there are differences in pin designators like eDP pin 3 / 4 on one board may be labeled as backlight I2C but on another board may be labeled as LED return.

My question is, are these 13" Pro Retina screens interchangeable?
 

Sykulski

Member
no they are not

for 13":
2012 and early 2013 (a1425) are interchangeable
late 2013 and 2014 (a1502) are interchangeable
none of them can be used in the 2015

for 15"
2012 - 2014 LCD-panel are interchangeable - for complete display only 2012/early2013 and late2013/2014 are interchangeable as webcam connector is different
2015 different

but beware of EDID issues when switching LCD panels....
 
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larossmann

Administrator
Staff member
No.

For A1398, you have 2012-2014(LP154WT1-SJsomething), then 2015-2016 which is some samsung model I don't have off the top of my head.

For A1425, you have LP133WQ1-SJA1

For A1502 2013-2014 you have LP133WQ1-SJEV

For A1502 2015-2016 you have some samsung model I do not know off the top of my head.

NONE OF THIS IS INTERCHANGEABLE!

Also note missing anti-glare coating and EDID code issues on any pre-2015 screen you get since they were probably kicked off a truck in wherever-the-fuckistan-this-stuff-is-made... sad reality of how we have to get parts for anything.
 

G.Beard

New member
Wow, good info!
I'll get complete assemblies. I want to change a retina LCD about as much as I want to poke my own eyeballs with searing hot needles
 
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