ok when I wash cleaning up the attick I fount my first and only laptop a compaq series: 2810F fcc id: cnt75mafaf with a LCD 138041-001 it doesnt say anything about controller so can I connect it with my desktop and use it like a graph lcd i know there is a sticky about this but I didnt knew if I were allowed to post there (it is a sticky you know)
Oh boy, brace yourselves! Maar als Nederlander die graag in het altijd gezellige Belgie vertoef, wil ik je toch wijzen op dit topic: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/799377/ Het is wel mogelijk maar is nogal gecompliceerd. Translation: Sure it's possible, check out this Dutch forum-thread. Not as easy though.
man bedankt hier ben ik veel mee, heb gistere zelf 3 uur !!!!!!! zitte zoeke op got maar na 40 paginas te hebben onderzocht en de faq was ik het beu en heb ik het hier gezet. kga mezelf effe aant werk zette bedankt nogmaal [translation] I just tnx him because the link was very useful and how I searched on the same forum yesterdays for hours without result[/translation] however tips are always usefull and when I'm done I will translate that howto and put it here and on pdf on my site
It'd be great if you could write a clear how-to on this matter. That Dutch thread is difficult to follow. And i gots 6 14" TFT laptop screens gathering dust...
From previos threads, i thought this was imposible to do without an expensive controller card. I'd be realy interested in how they do it but unfortunatly i cannot read dutch and nither google nor babelfish can translate it to english. Are there any other translators that will do dutch to english?
wow! Mission impossible just became possible, and the tools to do it have been with us for years! Looks like they have used the 'feature connector' on the graphics card to run the LCD. Shame that I cannot read the rest of it. Please! Someone translate this for us!! I have several dead laptops with ok screens... the modding possibilities are huge! Edit: just gone looking for my old lcd screens from laptops and remembered that I threw them out last summer, as I thought, "these will never be of use again, I have no controller for them..."
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ok I've just read whole that thing and have informed me about it at the local electronics shop (very smart guy) he will help me, so in a month of 2/3 we will bring out a guide or something like that. why so much time?? first school then it is complicated believe me and I'm starting a mod so have to build 3 sites for clans and 1 for school holiday to italy so I havent much time but I will complete that guide and put it here, on got and so on oh yeah i cannot assure it will work on ALL screens cause you need the pinout and somethimes it just cant be found
can you say the number look everyone will ask it and I cant assure it like I said cause you need to find the pinout and somethimes it cant be found and de company where your screen is from will mostly be silent (they dont say a thing) question::: cant we put all datasheets/pinouts together and make a database of it????
Like the idea of a database of pinouts for LCD screens. Could also be extended to Alphanumeric mini LCDs etc too. As for using black and white LCDs, they are not likley to work. This is actually mentioned in the original post written by Sprite_tm: Lousy translation, but I think I interperted it ok.
Basically what you need is a pin layout of YOUR TFT screen, a VGA card with a VESA Feature Connector (most old PCI VGA cards). That's all. Without any additonal circuitry you can have 16 colors for your screen. More colors involves more circuitry (not in his how-to) Also important what he says is that most pin-outs you find for your screen are incorrect, it's a matter of trial and error to find the working combination of pins. Shall i ask the author if i may translate his how-to guide ? Should be no problem for me. I see he also managed to get 256 colors....
whitemodder couldu writeout a list of the stuff ur using eg canddetails, cable etails,lcd model and wat laptop itsfrum etc also email me a tutorial in english if possible pep_uk@hotmail.com
Well, I went looking at some PCI video cards, many have a 2x13 row of pins labelled as a connector - would this be a VESA feauture connector? I am a bit confused as to finding it on PCI cards, because VESA bus was the precursor to AGP, AFAIK.