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Whittie
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21st Nov 07 at 16:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Can a broken laptop be used as a 2nd screen?

With another laptop, and a splitter?

Thanks
Andrew
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In what way is the laptop broken?
John
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Depends whats broken.

The screen can't be easily used on its own though.
Whittie
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Motherboard has gone
PaulW
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Unless there exactly the same laptop, with exactly the same screen, theoretically you 'could' splice the display into the wiring for the good laptop, but it will just mirror it and also the quality will be less due to the signal split between 2 recievers.

Otherwise, no.
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ffs.

John
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There are ways to use vga with a laptop lcd but not easy ways.
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a laptop doesnt have any monitor inputs, only outputs, im not sure it would be possible
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quote:
Originally posted by John
There are ways to use vga with a laptop lcd but not easy ways.


Thats only if the LCD has the controller board on it.

Most are handled directly via the laptop motherboards, so making it impossible unless you spend quite a few £££'s getting a controller which can interface with 15pin VGA.

tbh, its cheaper (and easier) to just buy a 15" LCD from ebay or wherever...
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Yeah, going to borrow one from work

Just that i've got the screen that works fine, and just had a thought
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
just had a thought


Alex, you should know by now, thinking's dangerous.
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
just had a thought


Alex, you should know by now, thinking's dangerous.


Like the time i thought my car was going to overheat and my engine melted?
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New headgasket and that'll be fine.

What your asking is pretty much impossible

 
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