Laptop Monitor....connections?

Bones · 12 May 2007 at 14:32

Hello0

I have ripped a old laptop monitor off and was wondering if its possible to wire up a normal VGA connector to it so it can be used on a desktop PC? Also what can i do about the power connections aswell?

Anyone have any ideas or experience doing this sort of thing?

Thanks in advance

brendy · 12 May 2007 at 16:31

That screen is not going to give you much in the way of resolution etc as its of an old tecra. You would be better binning it and buying a cheap 15" lcd. You would need the invertor board with the screen too to run it and a way of stepping the voltage to match what was going into the laptop something like 19v iirc.

Theguy · 12 May 2007 at 17:00

a good idea mind, out of interest would like if this was possibile.

brendy · 12 May 2007 at 18:25

Theguy said:
a good idea mind, out of interest would like if this was possibile.

It can be done , wiring is a bitch though.

Bones · 12 May 2007 at 20:59

well its for a case mod actually i want the display to be on the front of a large server machine.

WILD9 · 12 May 2007 at 23:01

Its just a panel without a controller, you cant connect it directly to a VGA connector. You would need to buy a controller board which costs more than a cheap monitor. Theres a good reason why youve not seen it done before

Bones · 13 May 2007 at 02:46

ok i guess i'll give up on that idea then, thanks anyways. Shame really i wanted something cheap to make his project a little bit different.