0:35 me with an entire 10 square feet of old unused technology and cables(most of the cables are so old that they are incompatible with most modern technologies)... "I fEeL aTtAcKeD!"
Linus: "Here's how you can DIY a monitor for cheap!" Me: "Go on." Linus: "First you're gonna need a screwdriver..." Me: "Whoah, hold on there, moneybags..."
@@thecompanioncube4211 the display film is connected via flat flex cables (like the one used for the connection to the driver, but even more fragile) to the PCB, they are probably under that sticker.
Matthew Cabor oh yeah I’ve been zapped by one of those nasty inverters. Funny thing is that the inverter went to toast after it electrocuted me lol, no more backlight for that lcd ever again...
Join us next time as we make OUR OWN GRAPHICS CARD FOR 100$ Actual video: so we are going to 3D-print this fan for an old GTX 1080ti we had lying around...
@Demo and way too big to fit this small form factor. the glasspane and plastic sheets for even distribution alone is way bigger than the LC Panel itself
Yes! Im making my own one too and it actually works, its a 15 inch though😂😂😂 but it works! And i love it so hardly cuz i wanna use those monitors on my xp desktop...
@@briandiaz1363 if having a high resolution isn't a necessity for you, you can pick up a small raspberry pi screen for like fifty bucks on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B07HMW3C7P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jY-ODbYY9DA6Q sadly it's only 1024x600 though
@@wertot2752 The cheap little 1024x600 screen I got for my Rasberry Pi is also a touch screen. The touchscreen part also worked fine with a little Android TV unit I had. I was able to use my android TV unit as a makeshift tablet to turn on and off my WiFi controlled bulbs.
5:24 - wow... the author of this 3D-printed case is from my home town, Magnitogorsk! It's in the middle of nowhere in Russia, and it's never in the news, so, it's surprising 😀
@@Steamrick He's not saying LTT is the news; he's saying the town is so insignificant that it's never in the news. Thus it's surprising to see in any media, let alone LTT.
@@thinklap6367 On Amazon Prime Deal, there's this pc with 1660TI + i5-9400F + 8GB DDR4 memory, 128GB SSD NVME + 1TB HARDDRIVE + RGB set + Gaming keyboard + Gaming mouse (don't expect much from these keyboard and mouse, but eh, they're there in case you need it). It's a very good pre built computer for $650 and it's sold at $800+ when not on discount. Still a great price.
@@DNAMobileGamingAIO I snagged a touchscreen from one. The touch data doesn't carry over HDMI, but it does via USB (as does the video signal). You can plug your phone into it.
a tip for increasing the brightness would be to cover the back of the panel with tinfoil, and then assembling the 3d print stuff. it seems you are getting a lot of light leak, and that can be improved
@@the_mad_ratter Don't forget K and I. K for pausing/unpausing (even the video player is unfocused) and I for letting the video play in the background while you're exploring the RU-vid homepage. You can also type in AWESOME if you want to die to an epileptic seizure, but I guess that's up to preference.
@@ThePC007 I use space for play/pause, and I can only watch one video at once so don't really use the mini window feature that much. I'm not gonna try epilepsy, thanks lol
@@bored_person1640 yes and we don't claim to have made our own there's no issue doing this in general rather the issue is to use a premade monitor panel as your solution to making your own monitor it's just a little baity, I still like ltt, just think he shouldn't have ned it what it is
@@nathanschultz1440 it's called "building your own pc" when you make one out of ready made parts. Same thing here. You can't just go and make a monitor panel easily
This just serves to remind me that I've got all the parts to make one out of a EP121 panel, I just haven't gotten around to it as it needs frankensteining if I want it be able to use the touch component. .
@@mikes78 yeah, I've got a few panels lying around, not fullhd, but they'll do fine for some extra monitor stuff for games that support that. Thinking mostly of sims.
Linus, this is one of the single best how-to videos I've ever seen. I'm in the broadcast and AV business and we are constantly tearing our hair out trying to shoehorn a manufactured monitor into the systems we build. Frankly, the solution you showed isn't only cheaper. It allows me to more easily integrate it into my systems. I'm going to order this stuff and try it myself. Thanks!
i did this 3 years ago except i used plywood, originally i used an old screen from a laptop but recently i had to replace it with a new panel off ebay (which unfortunatly was 50$ for used),it only costed me 30$ to make it originally but if i count the replacement panel cost it came up to 80$ which still isnt bad
Linus up to 2018: This is how you build a PC Linus in 2019: this is how you build a monitor Linus in 2020: making our own Ethernet adapter Linus 2021: DIY GPUs Edit: just remembered that there already is a video series on YT about making a GPU on breadboards
With the current trend of devices not having a dedicated Ethernet adapter build in (I hate dongles), your 2020 suggestion might be more useful than you would think...
2021 we build out own gpu But first a Word from our sponsor JLCPCB get 2$ PCBs from China today (linus did not drown the pcb in flux and Louise rossman want to come over) What a pain soilder every single cap resistor and gpu it self lmao
I'll note for those harvesting screens: If it's off the laptop... just use the whole lid. I plan on doing this with a dead Fujitsu convertible, and there's buttons already on it for PC power and a few other things you could attach to the GPIO pins on a Pi or something. Oh, and it has a perfectly good Waccom tablet that can also be attached (though that's pretty fiddly), boom, cheap AF Cintriq you can use with a desktop.
To everyone in the comments complaining about not owning a 3d printer: you can DIY a simple solution for the frame out of threaded rods and some wood fur just a few bucks. Or, if you finde the right size, even a cheap picture frame.
@@snickerdoooodle I live in the end of the world, a 3d printer is REALLY expensive, this is why i am thinking of making a diy 3d printer, and it will still be expensive :C
@@DeltaPlaysMCMT Maybe in some parts of the world. I live in a relative big city in germany and our library is still struggling to even have a Computer system where you can look up if they have a certain book and where it is. Even the public computers are broken most of the time. So you cant just head out and get something 3d printed.
Really surprised you didn't mention LVDS. As that's probably the most common interface besides eDP. Especially if we're talking about salvaging panels from laptops. I've got several legitimately decent panels around that use that. Some of them even have touchscreen digitizers attached that are just connected internally as USB Devices with easily obtainable drivers.
Hi, i am facing this problem, any idea how to fix this? LCD screen doesn't turn on after connecting to the controller board and power. when a button is clicked, It flicks once when turned off.
NICE! I may re-purpose several of my old laptop screens into active photo frames all over the house since I could easily hide controls in a wood frame.
I ordered controllers for some old displays a couple weeks ago. A lot of the time you can just throw the panel's model number into eBay and you'll get appropriate results. A lot will be $15-20 from China, if you don't mind potentially waiting up to 2 months (but usually it's quicker, 2-3 weeks) I'll be using some of these as 8th and 9th monitors, and adding a battery to one as a mobile display for my work laptop
@ZaHandle currently 2 - 3090 and a card that’s designed for doing many displays but not heavy graphics and has 6 4K outputs (perfect for web, spreadsheets, word docs, etc.)
Got a 3d printer myself, and if all those parts are 100% solid(unlikely) I would guess that looks to be about $3-$6 worth of PLA if they are using semi cheap but decent filament(Hatchbox). So even with $25 for the display adapter, and maybe $5 for a power supply, and a salvaged screen still a lot cheaper than getting a new monitor.
@@Awrethien Another handy thing to do is if the controller or power supply in a monitor you have has died and you want to keep the panel working, you can do a bit of substituting to breathe life into it again for not much at all. I couldn't get a OEM controller board for under $100 for an old LG monitor I liked, and didn't feel the need to go and get a new one. But I was able to get a $25 driver board and to make it work again with a bit of creativity. Extra points if you merge the old button sub board with the button board that came with your old monitor and get that working correctly. When I was asked why, my answer was "because I can, and I wanted to".
I see a great use for this, ie. when you want to go full on custom and design a PC for a build and maybe want to go crazy custom. You could use OLED panels and all even and make real nice frames. Not like that'd be cheap or even worth it, but you could.
A little note on the connector types. There's 4 main types of connectors that 90% of the screens out there use : 30pin eDP, 40pin eDP, 30pin LVDS and 40pin LVDS. 30pin eDP is used on screens of up to 15.6" FHD 120Hz or 17.3" FHD 60Hz. 40pin eDP is used on higher refresh rate (for 15.6" that's 144Hz and above or 120Hz and above on 17.3") and higher resolution displays (WQHD/4K etc). 30pin LVDS is used on laptops that are 10+ years old and 40pin LVDS is found on laptop models that are older than ~5 years. 40pin LVDS connectors fit 40pin eDP cables and vice versa, but the panel won't work. Also, In-Cell and On-Cell touch screens (touch functionality is layered into the panel itself) use 40pin connectors that are the same width as 30pin eDP connectors (the connector pitch is narrower), meaning regular 30pin eDP panels won't work and also the pin-out can differ between panel models. I recommend Googling the specific panel model and finding out what connector type it uses, because the differences can be very subtle and you might not notice them, unless you know what to look for.
Hi, i am facing this problem, any idea how to fix this? LCD screen doesn't turn on after connecting to the controller board and power. when a button is clicked, It flicks once when turned off.
@@Montisaquadeis but with the extra laptop parts just think a computer inside your keyboard networked to your desktop doing all kinds of interesting things . this is a very cool idea.
WOW found this at the PERFECT time. I accidentally broke my monitor today and I have an old laptop screen lying around. So I can just take the screen off my monitor and replace it with the laptop screen. (If they have the same connectors) and if not I can just use the parts from the monitor and buy the adaptors needed. 😁
Very old laptops (I'd say 4+ years old, maybe more) use a different interface, LVDS. They use 40 pin connectors vs the 30 pin one for eDP, so it should be fairly easy to tell.
@@socialfreak6900 niiice. It makes me so excited about the applications and possibilities that I can't focus on my homework, thus delaying the possibility of doing it further :/
Very impressed that you knew it was it was Korean at 4:35, instead of thinking it was Chinese or something. I love how cultured Canadians are (compared to your US brothers)
You could literally make a janky enclosure out of cardboard if you wanted to. I think it's just a case of "Hey, we have a 3D printer. Why not use something polished for our video?"
There are some (well, around me anyways) companies that will do 3d printing for a fee. You give them the designs and they give you an estimate of price. Although now that I think of it, I guess thats what you meant by services lmao
