What to do with a good laptop LCD display?

[EvilSponge]

Hello all,

My wife's laptop an ACER Aspire died so I disected it and stripped it of all things worth saving. The LCD was working fine is there a way to use it in some way? Or is it just a recycle item.

Any help provided would be much appreciated

-sponge

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[Rudy Toody]

I think this thread should be on general hardware.

There are some people who buy old laptops, strip the parts off and sell them on eBay. Things like trim and lcds are popular items.

The LCD might also be usable as a test-bench tool.

 

[Peter]

It won't, because the LVDS interface those laptop panels have isn't usually found on desktop graphics cards. The standard used on DVI and HDMI is called TMDS, not at all compatible with LVDS.

So until DisplayPort is here, unifying internal and external panel interfaces into one standard, the answer will be "not useful outside of its original assembly"

 

[hunewbie]

converting an old laptop to a digital photo frame ? you can try that. =)

http://www.vs-tech.com/systems.htm

 

[EvilSponge]

Interesting thanks guys yeah I think I'll just erecycle it

-sponge

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: hunewbie
converting an old laptop to a digital photo frame ? you can try that. =)

That requires the notebook to still work. Good answer, but not to this question

 

[ther00kie16]

You could possibly purchase a board for the lcd. I know that you can buy a board with inputs for the dell 15.4" 1920x1200 lcds because they are so good for home-made projectors. So you could conceivably do the same with yours.