Project with 2 old laptops

[Haku Mioje]

Wanting to see if I can make my 2 old laptops of some use, I am wanting to use the screens as extra monitors for my desktop. as of right now i have a 15" screen out of an old compaq and a 17.4" screen out of an hp with a bad mother board...


this is more of a project for fun and just to see if i can... if anyone has any ideas on how to do this and keep it clean please post up links...

ive read some articles saying that it is not possible but i believe otherwise and i see one thing on instructables that did a walkthough but he kept the laptop components as well, I would like to use just the screens and make my own casing for it...


any leads are much appreciated

 

[Indigo]

If you let the systems run their own OS, you can use something like Input Director - Software KVM to Control Multiple Computers to control all of them from one system (i.e. your desktop PC in the middle) I use a setup where I have a desktop PC with dual monitors, and my laptop sits off to the side and runs as a slave to the desktop, so I can effectively work on three monitors at once. Works great.