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tyerone

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Hi Guys

is their anyway to make a laptop lcd a external lcd?? any ideas???
 
You'll need to figure out all the connections... and its NOT easy.. but it is possible if your an electronic engineer.
 
im sure some1 has done it before via tutorial or sumtin???
 
It often helps to explain WHY you would want to do that.

Every day people ask me crazy questions on how to do something. Once I understand what they're actually trying to achieve, then we talk about reasonable solutions.

Is the screen part of a currently working laptop? Are you trying to mirror an image on another machine? Use Netmeeting/pcAnywhere/VNC!

Is the laptop itself stuffed and you just want to add a second screen to a machine - as the guy said, you need an electronic engineer!
 
scorpioso69 said:
It often helps to explain WHY you would want to do that.

Every day people ask me crazy questions on how to do something. Once I understand what they're actually trying to achieve, then we talk about reasonable solutions.

Is the screen part of a currently working laptop? Are you trying to mirror an image on another machine? Use Netmeeting/pcAnywhere/VNC!

Is the laptop itself stuffed and you just want to add a second screen to a machine - as the guy said, you need an electronic engineer!
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the mother board on the laptop is dead and i just wana hook up the lcd to another pc as extra monitor, anydoby know of any tutorials somewhere??
 
Never heard of any1 doing that. IMO you shud let it go man, the laptop's dead now ;)
 
It should be easy you just need to figure out which are Vid feed and which are power to the backlight. Then extend the little cable comming out the screen. There is a header on it because it plugs into the Mobo so seach a bit and you'll find the pinouts somewhere aswell as the pinouts for a Sub D 15.
 
Gunny said:
It should be easy you just need to figure out which are Vid feed and which are power to the backlight. Then extend the little cable comming out the screen. There is a header on it because it plugs into the Mobo so seach a bit and you'll find the pinouts somewhere aswell as the pinouts for a Sub D 15.
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have u done it before?? what could i do with the laptop iv taken the ram out and sold it and made the hd a external 2.5" for myself, what can i do with the rest???
 
**** you guys can talk a lot of **** when you are in the mood hey.

a laptop lcd is pretty useless without a controller...these are built onto the motherboard of a laptop.

so, no...you cant just "figure out the pinouts" or follow a tutorial. YOU ARE MISSING HALF OF THE HARDWARE.

what you need is an lcd controller, fitted with a bios that understands the timings for your lcd panel. you will also need the appropriate cable.

www.earthlcd.com sells controllers, as you can see, not very cheap.

another option is one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGA-AV-TV-TFT...ZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
assuming you have a panel that is on the supported list.

i hope this helps, and i apologise for the forumites that spend their lives guessing.
 
I also wanted to go that route, after i found out about what i needed, i just bought a new lcd. I understand that you are trying to get some extra mileage from a dead lappie, so rather try and sell it to a laptop repair shop.
 
ok cool any1 know any laptop repair shops that will buy that laptop from me for spares???
 
its a mecer (bl50 i think its either that or cl51), has everything except hd as i hav take out to use, mb on the laptop has gone everthing else works.
 
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