hi guys , I've been admiring your quest for the "unavailable"
I'm here to tell you that I have a fully working PC with 2 LCD's ripped out of dell laptops.
they are both 15 inch ... VERY NICE WIDE ANGLE.
i'm buying another PCI RADEON 7000 dual display to run dual card quad LCD.
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the way i did it was a bit tricky but very doable.
ALL LCD's are produced with the ANALOG pinouts on the PCB ... they are just never really used on laptops... i just soldered wires on them and fed them out
when you look at an analog connector :
1 RED 9 NC
2 GREEN 10 GND
3 BLUE 11 ID0
4 ID2 12 ID1
5 GND TEST 13 HS
6 GND 14 VS
7 GND 15 ID3
8 GND
the following pins do NOT need to be wired : 4,9,11,12,15
that leaves 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,10,13,14
now the best way i found was to use a DVI/VGA converter adapter(they go for about 9.99 canadian)
crack it open
now all that should remain is a black cable, a red cable and 2 small PCB boards.
NOTE that pin 1thru 8 are not used !!! which is all the DIGITAL SIGNALS pin outs.
now if you look , all i did was explain the inner core of a DVI/VGA adapter.
true however. now just connect the cables using the DVI input from a video card (or can be purchased for 7.99) and WIRE it back to use your laptop screen.
NOW ALL SCREENS USE DIFFERENT COLOR CODE ... the best way is to follow the wire on to the LCD BOARD and use common sense and feel (this is where i spent most of my time ...) there you will find the unused pinouts and the necessary used ones..
HOPE THIS HELPS ...
for the technical aspects of the computer.
AMD ATHLON XP 2200+
MSI KT3 ULTRA w/RAID w/SOUND
PCI ATI RADEON 7000 32 meg DUAL DISPLAY
*2nd ATI RADEON 7000 32 meg dual display
2x60 gig MAXTOR RAID 0
40x BURNER
6x slot DVD
GENERIC CASE WITH A POWERMAX 432 watt POwer supply with dual fan
I should have pictures in by next week , GF took the DIGI cam to go sightseeing !!
Bonebox
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