dead laptop can I?

[simpleton]

I've got a 2 year old laptop with a burnt out Mobo, would it be possible to wire it to my tower to use the screen, keyboard and anything else that can be used.

 

[Dumpy]

just a question, why would you want to?

 

[Luke]

it is possible, if you have a good understanding. I have always wanted to try this with a laptop screen for i could put it flat on a wall but i don't have an old laptop that i would like to take apart. You might be able to find a guide on google about this.... but i doubt anyone here can give instructions on how to acomplish this, this is something you would have to experiment with and try different ways. So google it...

 

[simpleton]

well I have an old CRT screen and the laptop has a LCD windscreen, so i'm looking to save some money. I'm kind of a cheap person, and why wouldn't I want to.


If it helps it a HP Pavilion dv6000

I have tried googleing it I just get linked to other forums were people have the same question.

 

[Kharn]

While technically possible it's not practical or easy to do you would be better off just buying a cheep flat screen monitor.

 

[Jorsoft]

It's not straight forward, you need to have a pretty good understanding of electronics to pull it off. I doubt you'll find a step-by-step guide anywhere for this. Honestly it's probably a lot more trouble than it's worth for that reason.

 

[Puressence]

But heck, if ya have nothing better to do, give it a go, and let everyone know how it turns out.

 

[simpleton]

I have found that I need to buy a LCD controller card this can cost $150.00 and up, the only website that I could find other than the manufacturer witch will not do a order for one person, was a site that I wouldn't even trust to give my email address to. So if I could find a computer salvage store than maybe.


so if anyone knows of one in Ontario. say something