Want to rig up an old laptop lid as an external monitor.


  1. kbronski
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    Want to rig up an old laptop lid as an external monitor.


    But have no idea how to do it. Does anyone know how I might do this? I'd ideally like to rig it up to an HDMI adapter, but VGA would be fine as well.
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  3. richnrockville
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    Kbronski, Sorry to tell you this but the screen on a laptop is not the same as a external monitor.. It requires the electronics from the laptop to drive it. So the answer is no.

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  4. kbronski
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    I figured that would be the case, but thought I would ask anyway. Thanks! :)
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