Replace hi res screen with normal res

My Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with hi res (1680 x 1050) just started showing a 1 pixel vertical line. Started intermittently, but now I see it all the time. External display does not show the line, nor does a screenshot of the desktop, so I think it is the lcd module.

I've looked for a replacement display assembly, or just the replacement LCD and both seem hard to find in the Hi Res version.

The Hi Res display assemblies that I have found are too beat up for my taste. The bare 1680 X 105 LCD's that I have found, I'm not convinced that they are the correct part, they seem really expensive, and would require a teardown of the display assembly - definitely less preferred.

So as it happens, I have a dead Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with the 'normal res' screen (1440 x 900) that was working fine until the logic board went out. Both machines are the 2.7GHz I7 processor, and as far as I can tell they are the same except for the displays.

I am wondering if this can just be swapped with the Hi Res. There is a similar question about upgrading from Low Res to Hi Res on this model, but I don't think there is an answer for going the other way.

Specific questions:

  1. Does anyone know of a current source of Hi Res display assemblies or LCDs?
  2. Are the display connectors the same? I will find this out when I open them both up side by side, but since one is my main work machine, I want to know as much as I can going in.
  3. Are there graphics card gotchas here? As I read the specs, they should be exactly the same graphics cards in each, so it seems like the display assemblies should be completely interchangeable

Thanks in advance everyone!

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