I just had a Lenovo laptop with a dead motherboard fall in my lap. I want to pirate the LCD panel and make a monster TV. I've searched the forum but I can't find the one thread that explains exactly what all I need to remove from the laptop and how I connect the LCD panel to a video source.
Please point me at that (or those) threads.
Thanks.
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QUOTE (buddha hat @ Mar 19 2007, 11:08 AM) 
I just had a Lenovo laptop with a dead motherboard fall in my lap. I want to pirate the LCD panel and make a monster TV. I've searched the forum but I can't find the one thread that explains exactly what all I need to remove from the laptop and how I connect the LCD panel to a video source.
Please point me at that (or those) threads.
Thanks.
you need a control board, which typical cost more then a new LCD. find what make/model the lcd is and search the net for a control board, you may or may not be able to find one...
Please point me at that (or those) threads.
Thanks.
yepp lenovo model and exact LCD type would be useful. however he may save the scaler from the notebook
That doesn't sound positive. So it's best to start with an LCD monitor - not just a panel. Sigh. I figured it was too good to be true. I'll take it apart and see if I can find the LCD panel make.
The PC is a Lenovo model 0761. When it worked the display was pretty good.
Thanks for your replies.
The PC is a Lenovo model 0761. When it worked the display was pretty good.
Thanks for your replies.
Many of us are using lappy-panels for our PJ's (see threads in SmallPanel forum under 10.6", or search for the dedicated 15.4"-wuxga threads). A controller is required, but many of them are pretty-cheap, considering, and they offer more inputs than you find in most-monitors for LCD-PJ's...there are also multi-panel/cheap controllers on EBay for a variety of panel-types...
If your panel was 'free', and you can pair-it with a reasonable controller, you are 'ahead of the game'.
What size/resolution/spec is your panel?
[Nice laptop, though...sure you can't fix-it? If just a 15"/1024X768, it makes a better laptop-display than PJ...]
If your panel was 'free', and you can pair-it with a reasonable controller, you are 'ahead of the game'.
What size/resolution/spec is your panel?
[Nice laptop, though...sure you can't fix-it? If just a 15"/1024X768, it makes a better laptop-display than PJ...]
Fixing it was my first thought too but it had a beer dumped on it and I've determined that it needs a new motherboard. Best price I could find is just under $600 CDN. The screen is a 15" 1024x768 TFT. If I can find a controller, maybe I can build the beast and replace the panel with a higher res one later?
Did you check ebay for a new motherboard?
That looks cool. Thanks, I'll check it out.
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