use laptop screen on a pc??

[Jason425]

that's an awesome idea

So if i'm reading this all correctly, i cant just rewire the lcd screen straight to the digitial lcd out on my video card?

OK,

Here are the photos of the final project:

Photo 1 -- I took a picture of the inside of my case and made it the desktop of the LCD to look like a window. Cheesey, but clever, eh?

Photo 2 -- Good old Linux desktop...

Photo 3 -- The whole computer at an angle.

To protect the screen, I cut out a piece of 1/8 inch plexiglass on my table saw. Then I taped off the center portion on the back side and painted the perimeter black. If I were to do this all over again, I would have masking-taped my case so as to prevent the nasty scratches I inflicted on the case while cutting out the opening. I also would have waited to get my case nippers back from my friend instead of using my dremel's cut-off wheel --- but what can I say, I wanted to get it done. Anyway, There it is...

Cheers all,

Richard

PS -- Notice the LAN Handle on the top (handicapped safety grab bar) for easy toting to LAN parties...Fun, fun, fun...

[Jason425]

that's awesome.. I don't understand that last pic.. is it just a picture on the monitor?

Yeah, the last pic shows a photo I took of my computer's guts as the desktop of the LCD monitor (see the description of Photo #1 --- I didn't realize that the attached photos would be in reverse order). After I had cut out the side of my case, but before I installed the LCD, I took a picture of the side of my computer with my digital camera. Then I cropped it in photoshop to just what was visible through the cutout and resized the image to 1024 x 768. That makes the image actual size when set as the desktop of the LCD. Like I said, the "window' desktop is cheesey, but I couldn't resist...

[Jason425]

heh yea it's cheesy but funny

Looks like our prayers have been answered !
Look at the price though....

http://store.earthlcd.com/s.nl/c.318...category.99/.f

and its only 640 x 480 :/

Someone just needs to get that circuit diagram and lets get the soldering irons out !!!!

[vee_ess]

I smell a summer project coming up! I found this, another controller kit, which might help.

Hi all - I was looking through this thread, some of the ideas are amazing! But most are too expensive for the like of my pocket

I have a butchered monitor from an OLD laptop and i found this card on ebay (see link) Seller claims that it will go in AGP slot and run a TFT/LCD type screen without any other gear.

http://www.dotronic.com/displaysolut...otcard690.html
Has anyone seen one of these yet? does it work?