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Modding Wireing up a Laptop LCD to a PC

Discussion in 'Modding' started by modmaster, 20 Sep 2003.

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  1. modmaster

    modmaster What's a Dremel?

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    Hi people

    does anyone know how to wire up a laptops LCD screen to a vga output on your pc? I just cant work it out.

    What i want is to mount the old screen in plexi the laptops LCD screen make is sharp, that is all i know about it. it is from a very old laptop. i want to be ablt to plug the screen in and make it show what i would normaly see with my monitor. DOSE ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS



    any help needed
    thanks
    chris
     
  2. whypick1

    whypick1 The über-Pick

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  3. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    yes, i do know how to do this,, you will need to buy yourself a controller for the LCD. :search: for this. it is usually prohibitively expensive however, costing around £200 for the controller. you see, in a huuge 60" LCD screen it is not the screen itself which is expensive (though it will have a premium), it is in fact the controller that is the expensive part, with all the packaging that goes with it. you would quite honestly be better off buying yourself a standard 17" screen
     
  4. kevbarlas

    kevbarlas What's a Dremel?

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  5. A13n0rma1

    A13n0rma1 Wannabe

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    It's a sticky!!

    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! A STICKY!!

    Not exactly obvious, but it's under the common questions. :wallbash:

    Sorry, it's been asked a bunch lately.

    But yeh, more than likely a controller board will be necessary, unless you can get some numbers on the thing and access a datasheet for it... the datasheet may have info on VGA signals and such.
     
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  7. modmaster

    modmaster What's a Dremel?

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    Ok sorry for irritating anyone with this question. I dint actuall look through the search :duh:.

    Thanks for the feedback

    chris
     
  8. orangejulius

    orangejulius What's a Dremel?

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    well whats the model number on the LCD take that and go to google and search. I found a controller for a 2 year old LCD that I took out of a laptop.
     
  9. penski

    penski BodMod

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    *Closes*

    *n
     
  10. bee2643

    bee2643 What's a Dremel?

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    should have been closed before it started :hehe:
     
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