Laura Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I just dismantled an old laptop from the 90's running a Pentium II. I've asked this question before some two years ago but I wanted to know, now that the screen is disconnected from the motherboard, if there was any way I could use the screen as a stand-alone monitor. Something that could potentially convert the cables to a video input such as VGA. I'll gladly take some pictures of the cables when I find my camera if needed but my phone's 2MP doesn't do it justice. I don't suppose anyone knows of anything? The motherboard itself has a VGA input and output option. EDIT: The VGA output only has two rows of pins rather than three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Grandpa Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Nope, you really couldn't do that in any simple way, it's really not worth all the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Nope, you really couldn't do that in any simple way, it's really not worth all the trouble. This. I looked into doing the same thing a while ago and its a lot of hassle as the monitor needs a power supply, converter, mount and extra cables. The parts to do it are pretty hard to come by and its not as simply as connecting x to y and plug in the cable. I'll see if I can get the guide as I looking at if your still interested. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I thought of doing this myself with my old PIII laptop I've got lying around, completely disassembled. It certainly doesn't work anymore- Never did (Got it for 10)- But I got a better idea of how the inside of a laptop works and a 40GB hard drive which I now use in my PII (366MHz/256Mb) laptop from '98 that's on Ubuntu. Some people talk about their old cars. Heck, I could talk about my old rigs for hours... That sounds like a topic. :-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Aw, what a bummer, I might just put it back together and put Ubuntu on it. Thanks, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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