Could I upgrade a legion slim 7i screen from 1080p to 1440p with manufacturer parts i buy online?

[young estuary]

Seems like it comes in those two options of screens so I assume its just a swap and it will work? am I right in thinking it will be compatible, will it require bios changes and more?

[remote turret]

Doubt u can

Those are 16 9 panels

[dusk kiln]

technically you can. It must have the same cable, same cable length, same screen size and whatnot. Ask your local service center for more details

[remote turret]

but its not recommended

just drop down res if u feel like

[dusk kiln]

To be fair I would upgrade to the 1080p screen that has 300nits and gsync

And better colors

4k or 2k are worthless imo

[young estuary]

The 2k screen has much better colors and 500 nits, and you can downscale to 1080 when playing gamees for higher frames, a decent upgrade, worth the $100 to order the screen. Not sure if worth the 10-20% chance that while installing I botch somethign and break my comp tho 😛

[dusk kiln]

2k is worthless if you have a 3050

But if you downscale then sure

[analog skiff]

2k screen is so much better and everything is clearer

Even games look way better, you don't know what you are missing out on

[dusk kiln]

understandable

If I get the chance to upgrade my laptop screen to 2k I will let you know my personal opinion

but if you have a...rtx 3050, gaming on 2k is bad

[analog skiff]

Is gaming all that matters to you?

The problem is, a 16 inch display with 1200px is going to look a little blurry.

on 15.6 inch, 1080p is reasonable but definitely not on 16 inch

Also, you can just clock down the resolution to 1200px instead of 1600px in game..

[remote turret]

Why even are u thinking about lowering res when ur not even gotten the laptop lmao @young estuary

[dusk kiln]

You don't get a gaming laptop just to watch movies

But everyone does whatever they want with their product so

The question OP has is if they can upgrade their screen

[dusk kiln]

As I said here

I heard that Lenovo can upgrade screens but I doubt it can do it for free, however it won't void warranty

[analog skiff]

Bro thinks the resolution is only for watching movies.. bruh

Imagine in a year you decide you want to edit/create videos or do some photoshopping.
You'd love the extra pixels and color accuracy.

[analog skiff]

Ofcourse you can replace anything by yourself If you know where to buy the parts, how to succesfully replace them.

But if you screw up, Lenovo is not paying the price for you

[dusk kiln]

....ok you are right lmao

I admit defeat 😆

[dusk kiln]

True, but it's best to ask lenovo official support. It will be more painful if the part you ordered doesn't work for the legion 5 model or you broke the screen. Anything can happen

[analog skiff]

Exactly. Can't risk it.

[analog skiff]

Also no they are 16:10 aspect ratio.
16:9 would be 1080px instead of 1200px

[remote turret]

yeh he asked could we upgrade to 1080p or 1440p(which is 16:9) instead of the existing 16:10 panel res

[analog skiff]

Well yeah but his title is wrong. Look at the options in the screenshot

[young estuary]

Why would i lower res, i said i want to upgrade to qhd over hd, which also has the benefit of 350 nits over 500 and better colors

[young estuary]

going to ask them about this, no they would never do this for free but maybe they can give a decent price on the upgrade, been looking at their parts website though and it looks like insane markups if buying parts directly from them rather than a aftermarket screen site. Checked out a bunch of aftermarket screen sites and looks like they dont have the piece maybe because the model is so new.

may have to wait a few months or so for the aftermarket to get some more screens. I feel like they stock up later on for when these things start going bad.