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I took apart an old broken laptop and was wondering if I could reuse the monitor. can i do this/ what would I need?

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closeup of the wires

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>> No.698422

good news: yes you can.

bad news: it'll cost you more than buying a brand new monitor.

>> No.698424

>>698422
thats unfortunate, would you mind elaborating?

>> No.698436

>>698412
Thats a 16" CCFL LCD panel, those are kinda rare and expensive, you could sell it for probably $50-$100. I work at a PC Repair shop and the supplier I use sell these for like $80 used.

>> No.698482

>>698412
Get the tech docs of the display.
Figure out how it ticks (RGB, Sync Signals, Power Supply etc.)
Then if you want to use it as a TV add a turner ciruit.
As a PC monitor you might be able to directly connect it a VGA port.
Personally, cbf m8. sell or rubbish.

>> No.698487

Get an LVDS to VGA or DVI or HDMI adapter card.

Mount panel to inside of PC tower.

AIO system, diy style.

>> No.698516

phone bump...going to post reply from my computer in a sec...

>> No.698521

>>698516
I was going to say what >>698487
said, but ya...
search ebay or amazon for LTN160AT01 controller and that should get you a HDMI/VGA/DVI controller for that screen...for raspi or whatever

>> No.698611

>>698436
It is not that they are rare if you lurk moar on ebay for reason stated in >>698487
For $30 or less (if you defeat moonspeak and buy on Taobao) you get a controller, CCFL power supply, a board with 4-5 micro switches to navigate OSD of controller. It makes very cheap auxilary display powered with 12V directly from your PC's PSU. You can even make a cover from papier mache then finish it with several layers of polyurethane or epoxy.

>> No.698807

you cannot hook this directly to a VGA cable jesus people. the laptop monitor needs a CONTROLLER BOARD which is usually ON THE MOTHERBOARD. to use this without the laptop you need a vga controller board, which will probably cost more than the monitor is worth as >>698422 stated. the panel was designed into the laptops circuits and thats why the video controller is built into the motherboard so all you need to do is connect the cable. otherwise... its useless. just throw it away or sell the panel on ebay someone lse might need the panel itself. help a nigga out. sell it.

>> No.698821

>>698807
Have you read above post?
UNIVERSAL boards that convert DVI+HDMI+VGA to LVDS (yep, CCFL notebook panels use LVDS signalling) plus TV tuner plus USB to watch ur porn right from thumb drive cost as little as 30-40 US dollars.

>> No.698823

>>698821
Forgot to mention, that some tiny single board computers like ODROIDs already have LVDS pins, so you can hook the panel just if you have the cable.

>> No.698895

>>698821
Ok, I just bought a LVDS cable and a universal board, they should be here in a few weeks and I can see if it works, thanks for the help anon

>> No.699257

>>698412
i do this all the time. i have an ultrbright running on a dell notebook that didn't have the option. you remove the video cable and replace it with one that's got the same end that plugs into the computer your using and then plug the lcd power plug into the inverter board of the computer your transplanting it to.

>> No.700684

bump

>> No.700688

>>700684
Why? You clearly don't have anything to contribute, and the thread is resolved.
>>698895