I have a M1330 with the LED backlit display and nvidia graphics card. Last week the backlight all of a sudden died on me. You can still see the display if you shine a light on it, but it is too dim to work comfortably. I took the screen out and the original screen is the Toshiba LTD133EWDD. I ordered that part number online but the vendor sent me what they said is a "compatible" screen for my laptop. It is an LG display. I plugged it in and turned on the laptop. The backlight comes on, but does not show the splash screen while booting, meaning I can't access BIOS either. Eventually windows loads and the screen displays fine except for brightness being stuck at max without being able to adjust it.
All of my drivers are up to date, BIOS, video card driver, etc. Draining the power by unplugging the AC cord, unplugging the battery, and holding the power button for 60 seconds, does not fix the problem. They have also sent me another LG "compatible" screen but the 2nd one does the exact same thing.
I have a used Toshiba LTD133EWDD on the way to my house. Hopefully that works, but I am wondering why my laptop is so picky with not being able to correctly display on a "compatible" screen like the LG. I have talked to multiple vendors who say that I should not need the exact Toshiba brand replacement for the screen to work and that the "compatible" models should be fine. Am I missing something here?