Part 2: Low-Budget Frame for LCD Screen ru-vid.comNBCP5wsDkg4 Here's the part 2 on organizing everything together using cardboard, standoff screws, and some glue. 😁
I did the same thing a while back. The box the control board came in was perfect size to use as a case to hide board and buttons, and I just glued it to the back of the monitor. Also bought a tablet stand for it.
@user-xx2vv8zz3e it all depends on the display that you are using. If it's a touch display, it will still work the same depending on what you are connecting to it.
I actually did the same thing you did, but instead of completely ditching the original housing I removed all the internals, did a bit of snipping to fit the controller board in nicely and just used the whole original frame as the housing. Hope this gives anyone some cool ideas.
Your voice is so soothing! I could listen to you all day 😂 Nonetheless repurposing old things is always great. I believe it keeps our brain functioning in finding solutions instead of looking for the easy option out and also dumping old electronics for new ones just reduces the e-waste which isn't what we should do.
I'm glad you find my voice soothing! 😂 It's challenging for sure, especially since companies churn out new things every year, plus the whole "forced obsolescence" thing... i wish mobile phones are as doable as old computers and laptops.
Well if you need a small monitor and you have an old laptop lying around, not a bad deal. Like I have very little deskspace left and I've been thinking of taking the LCD out this old Toshiba I have lying around, I think it would be great.
Good luck! But is your Toshiba no longer turning on? If it can still turn on, maybe you can upgrade the RAM and change to SSD. I think it has more use that way.
@@aliaseveIT As far as I know it works but it has a broken version of Ubuntu on it. Never got told the password, it was given to me to mess around with, and actually I'm not even sure I'm gonna be able to find a screen controller board for this thing. It's a Toshiba A5-S416 with an Intel Pentium M 730, 512MB of DDR SDRAM (not DDR2 or higher just DDR) a 40GB hard drive, and a cooked battery. Screens good though for the time 1280x768 and it would make for a good monitor just to have discord or some other application pulled up on if I can find a controller board for this thing I would throw XP on it for poops and giggles but I already have a great XP Era laptop in the form of an Alienware laptop, the very last model they made before being bought out by Dell.
If you'd like to tinker with your Toshiba, you might like this: ru-vid.comG87eGOSCl4A?feature=share It's an old old laptop, still has an IDE interface for the hard drive! Also, it was 32-bit.
@@aliaseveIT Pretty similar to the Toshiba in terms of specs I could do that with it but I don't know who I'd give it to, maybe it could just be my old Linux machine though Still need a small screen so maybe I'll find one that's already been separated from it's laptop
I have an old tablet that doesn't work(does not turn on) anymore but the screen is all good, is there any way i could use it as a second monitor display? Pls reply....
I havent tried it myself for a tablet, unfortunately, so i cant say for sure. I imagine it could work but it depends if they make the controller board for those.
Can we make it reverse. I mean 40 pin connector to hdmi or vga output so i can make that display as primary. As my bios not allowed me to project it on second display
@@pratikraval6609 Oh... :( but once you load Windows, wouldn't it connect to the secondary display? On the boot up to bios, it wont connect but once Windows starts, you should be able to
It's a bit old and not functional laptop na po. And nakuha ko nadin yung HDD and cd drive niya po, so I'm planning to make use of my LCD. Pero yung concern ko is baka yung LCD ko po is not functional na. Thank you
I'm sorry, I don't know what that is 😅 I just use a corresponding cord with a slot that fits and with a USB head on the other side and hoped for the best
@@watchsixto We'll see? It might not be as cool as the ones I've seen here on RU-vid. I was initially just doing to look for old styrofoam or cardboard pieces around the house! 😅
@@aliaseveIT Mine was working until I've formatted it, after formatting it, when trying to sign in, it shows : this item is temporary unavailable ( its a second hand Mac ) and I tried everything I could , I have even tried to install Zorin os using your steps (the rufus method) it shows my bootable pendrive and when I select it , its boots back to the recovery mode ( Mac Os Utilities ) I hope you can help me.
@@Navneethtech i haven't encountered anything like this before, unfortunately, but it seems like it's still save-able! Have you tried installing mac OS? What's the model number?
@@Navneethtech I saw the error message related to "this item is temporarily unavailable" - If the Apple ID you are currently using is different from the one you used to install OS before, you will get stuck in the “this item is temporarily unavailable Mac” issue. Therefore, to get rid of this issue, you need to use the same Apple ID as your Mac OS was first installed.
Since it lights up, it means the power is working. If it's only on white screen, it could be the LVDS connector that might not be compatible. I found this video to be pretty helpful with the step by step. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wJUJzHdsXwk.html
i bought the specific controller board and even ask the seller. i think the problem was the LVSD but im still looking for solutions. btw thanks for the video link.
@@shippyshank_loves_carsandsound Cool! If you're looking for ideas on what to do with it, you can install Lubuntu 18 on it plus upgrade to SSD and add RAM. 😁
