Just wanted to post this for those of us that fund this on google looking for answers.
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Just wanted to post this for those of us that found this on google looking for answers.
I just actually did this myself an hour ago - replaced a non-hi-res display on my 2012 15" unibody non-retina MBP with a hi-res display/assembly from a 2010 unibody MBP. I did not need any other parts, however it did require some modification.
There are only two wifi antennas on the 2010 vs three on the 2012. This did not cause an issue, and wifi still works great.
I ran into an issue with the display connector. The 2012 MBP's use a slightly different connector than all of the previous generations. It is slightly wider, and *will not* fit into the connector on the logic board without modification. Ideally, the display cable should be replaced with one from a 2012 MBP. However, I was in a pinch and needed it up and running. So I carefully broke off a piece of plastic on the right side of the connector that was making it wider than it needed to be (it was only a fraction of a millimeter off), and it fit right in and all of the pins lined up. It works great. However, I would *not* recommend this because it is a very risky thing to do.
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Just wanted to post this for those of us that fund this on google looking for answers.
I just actually did this myself an hour ago - replaced a non-hi-res display on my 2012 15" unibody non-retina MBP with a hi-res display/assembly from a 2010 unibody MBP. I did not need any other parts, however it did require some modification.
There are only two wifi antennas on the 2010 vs three on the 2012. This did not cause an issue, and wifi still works great.
I ran into an issue with the display connector. The 2012 MBP's use a slightly different connector than all of the previous generations. It is slightly wider, and *will not* fit into the connector on the logic board without modification. Ideally, the display cable should be replaced with one from a 2012 MBP. However, I was in a pinch and needed it up and running. So I carefully broke off a piece of plastic on the right side of the connector that was making it wider than it needed to be (it was only a fraction of a millimeter off), and it fit right in and all of the pins lined up. It works great. However, I would *not* recommend this because it is a very risky thing to do.