howdiy ppl, i want to do just wat i think it was frank wanted multimedia pc and lcd look bit better than crt especialy in the car. anyways lcd is digital so cant u use the dvi on vid card cant u just hook the lcd straight to the dvi with the right wiring config mabie oh and that expencive part the inverter or wat eva isnt that in the laptop if i bought a sh*t one just cause i saw it done with a ps1 u no the one with the built in screen and they used somthin off the board and just wired it to the vga and away she went just had to config the pixels or some sh*t cause the screen is small but yeah thats y i ask bout an old laptop working same way