hey i have a old laptop and i want to put the LCD into my case the laptop i have was a AST Reserch inc. Bravo NB i "broke" out the lcd screen and i looks like a brand "SHARP" i still have all the wires and power connectors now wat i want to know is "how do i connect the lcd to my videocart ?" Like this http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/wcg2005_casemod/12_04.jpg i can take pictures of it if you want can some one help me ? scampi_ml@hotmail.com thx
it can't be done without an expensive LCD controller. Thet in the picture is probably a playstation LCD or one of those displays they use in cars. Those use composite signals, while laptop lcd's often have their own interface.
It hink that the easiest thing would be to PM Ant and ask how whe did the lcd thingy with his Lan truck(the pic you posted).
now i could be mean and use the smile however im in a good mood ok back to basics you need the following to get a fully working LCD 1. The LCD itself 2. A controler for the LCD 3. A backlight and Invertor so you can actuly see the screen The one you are going to have a problem with will be the controler. since this is a laptop its very very likly to be built into the laptop motherboard, this means that you need to either buy a new controler OR use the laptop as a whole. Buying a seperate controler is going to cost you, and when i say cost you i mean alot £150+ at a rougth guess, and your going to need to get one that exactly fits the spec of the screen in question. Using the entire laptop has its disadvantages as well, you will be using software to clone the output seen on your main monitor on ur LCD one this means that if the lappy aint powerfull enought it wont be able to do it very well, espcaily if there is graphicly intensive stuff going on, such as games. the other disadvantage is the physical size is increased greatly. the above reasons are the reasons that you see this mod done so little. If u need anymore info it can be found in this sticky http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=44604 anyway hope this is of help. link edited
http://users.telenet.be/section_8/LCD/ images last picture says: TEST-PAD BUUUUUUUUUUUUUT ........ i have a GeFore FX 5700 http://users.telenet.be/section_8/PIC01013.JPG maybe i can make a pugin on the cart ? Btw: i still have a working Compaq LTE-5100 with win98 and a GeFore FX 5200
new linky http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=44604 dont know quite what ur gettin at with ur last post, please explain. currently none of ur sentances link together and there are quite a few letters missing from words
