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

kbronski

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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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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.

Rich
 

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I have dos 6.22, wfwg 3.11, win98, 2000 and xp VHD's available for testing. MS's Virtual PC works great.
I figured that would be the case, but thought I would ask anyway. Thanks! :)
 

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Windows 7 Pro x64Intel Core i7-5820k32GB Kingston HyperX FURY DDR4-2400EVGA Geforce GTX970
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-5820k
Motherboard
ASUS X99-PRO
Memory
32GB Kingston HyperX FURY DDR4-2400
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA Geforce GTX970
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VC239h
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 250GB x2
750 GB HDD
3TB HDD
PSU
Corsair RM750
Case
Fractal Design Define R5
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15
Keyboard
Corsair Strafe RGB
Mouse
Logitech G502
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