Pandamonium
Golden Member
Pics: http://justin.choiweb.net/pictureframe/
I've procured some extra semi-functional generally obsolete (233mhz) laptops, and decided it'd be a neat idea to mount these within a picture frame, much like the project files at http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/pictureframepc/, only not EPIA powered. I'm planning on running these things headless and using terminal services to control them, since they're going to serve as dynamic picture frames.
These are older Dell laptops, and I'm wondering if the connectors are proprietary, or if they are LVDS connectors. If they do adhere to some sort of standard, I'd like to purchase some cabling. I want the heatpipe to point upwards when mounted on the wall, and for the LCD itself to be normally oriented when mounted on the wall. The issue is that the cabling is a bit too short to accomplish the task. Any ideas for a workaround?
I've procured some extra semi-functional generally obsolete (233mhz) laptops, and decided it'd be a neat idea to mount these within a picture frame, much like the project files at http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/pictureframepc/, only not EPIA powered. I'm planning on running these things headless and using terminal services to control them, since they're going to serve as dynamic picture frames.
These are older Dell laptops, and I'm wondering if the connectors are proprietary, or if they are LVDS connectors. If they do adhere to some sort of standard, I'd like to purchase some cabling. I want the heatpipe to point upwards when mounted on the wall, and for the LCD itself to be normally oriented when mounted on the wall. The issue is that the cabling is a bit too short to accomplish the task. Any ideas for a workaround?
