I found the MUX switch schematics, it was in the M17X R4 schematics. The MUX doesn't require any backlight signals in the input. Maybe the screen directly communicates to the laptop about the backlight not being on..
The MUX is just a basic DisplayPort Mux which works in desktops and laptops.
For the A4500. Yours is from Aetina which needs 4G decode to be enabled in the SBIOS, otherwise it won't post. They can potentially work in the newer HP and Clevo laptops if the 4G decode is present.
X-Vsion sells very cheap A4500 and A5000 both are working without needing to have 4G decode to be enabled. The CEO showed me proof. The ReBar and 4G decode were disabled in the SBIOS on the GPU-Z screenshots.
Same for the A5500, which is the one I bought. 7424 CUDA cores, DP in DP_D, 16GB VRAM, 115W VBIOS. I'll test it in the dirt cheap Alienware M17X R4 32GB GTX 680M I bought.
I'll upgrade the screen and LCD cable to eDP one and use the backlight mod v2 cable.
Sadly I didn't receive yet the LCD eDP cable nor the backlight mod v2 cables...