Laptop monitor

[Halogen1212]

Hi there! My Compaq laptop broke down on me(fried graphics chip) and now I have a six pound paperweight. I was just wondering if there was any way I could use the laptop's lcd as an extra monitor or something like that for my desktop. I know this may seem impossible but I'm just wondering if I can use any of the old parts for something instead of just throwing everything away. By the way, it's a Presario 1800T 650MHZ. Thanks!!

-Halogen

 

[zephyrprime]

I've always wondered if there were some way to use the lcd monitor for something but it doesn't seem like anyone's figured out how. Anyway, don't throw it away, see if you can get another 1800t that has some sort of problem with it. Then swap out the MB. Compaq maybe sells MBs for your model but it may cost so much it's not worth it. If you hang around ebay for long enough, someone may sell a broken on that you can use for parts.

By the way, how do you know that the graphics chip is burned up anyway?

 

[corkyg]

Check E-Bay for a laptop like yours that may have a busted LCD - then make one good one out of two bad ones.

 

[joohang]

It'd be a pain in the ass to swap the motherboard though.

 

[zephyrprime]

It's not that bad to swap motherboards out of notebooks. I've taken some junker notebooks apart and it's not so involved. Just be sure you've got a set of little screw drivers.