Comments on: Using Spare Laptop LCD as a VGA Monitor http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8669 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:44:30 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8669 [quote post="2365"]I thought you had stopped fixing your friends’ PC?[/quote] Well, I still help close family and friends when they need it and I have time - mostly because i care. I mean, who else is gonna do it?

I thought you had stopped fixing your friends’ PC?

Well, I still help close family and friends when they need it and I have time - mostly because i care. I mean, who else is gonna do it?

]]> by: Alphast http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8665 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:31:17 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8665 Hi Luke, I thought you had stopped fixing your friends' PC? You were fed up that they chose you as a customer service guy... ;-) Hi Luke,

I thought you had stopped fixing your friends’ PC? You were fed up that they chose you as a customer service guy… -)

]]> by: jambarama http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8648 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:34:42 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8648 I had an EE friend that did this - he tried to explain it to me, but there was enough soldering and such that I determined this was for hardware guys, not software guys. I'd love to read a writeup, I've got a dead Inspiron 5100 lying around with a perfectly good LCD. I had an EE friend that did this - he tried to explain it to me, but there was enough soldering and such that I determined this was for hardware guys, not software guys.

I’d love to read a writeup, I’ve got a dead Inspiron 5100 lying around with a perfectly good LCD.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8643 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:45:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8643 [quote post="2365"]it’s not worth any one’s time or effort if you can get a used LCD monitor for the same price.[/quote] Yeah, that was kinda my line of reasoning here. The tinkering aspect of this project might be fun, but there is no guarantee that it would actually work.

it’s not worth any one’s time or effort if you can get a used LCD monitor for the same price.

Yeah, that was kinda my line of reasoning here. The tinkering aspect of this project might be fun, but there is no guarantee that it would actually work.

]]> by: ikaruga http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8642 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:36:52 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8642 60 bucks? That's starting to near the range of easier/better to buy a used LCD screen. I disagree with Matt -- it's not worth any one's time or effort if you can get a used LCD monitor for the same price. Not being cheap here --- I'm being practical. It reminds me of how you can buy hard drive to mp3 player kits on the web for $150 -- for that amount, you might as well buy a used ipod. 60 bucks? That’s starting to near the range of easier/better to buy a used LCD screen. I disagree with Matt — it’s not worth any one’s time or effort if you can get a used LCD monitor for the same price. Not being cheap here — I’m being practical.

It reminds me of how you can buy hard drive to mp3 player kits on the web for $150 — for that amount, you might as well buy a used ipod.

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8634 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:03:20 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/03/31/using-spare-laptop-lcd-as-a-vga-monitor/#comment-8634 Do it, then write up some good advice on how to do it, so that the rest of us can profit from your experience. :mrgreen: Do it, then write up some good advice on how to do it, so that the rest of us can profit from your experience.

mrgreen

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