Laptop

Xlent · Post by **Xlent** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:13 am

Ok, I'm sure this has been posted, but I couldn't find it...sorry. But would I be able to use a laptop screen, or a laptop, to build my portable? I have a lot of bulky laptops with a bunch of room inside, and i want to scrape it out, and put a portable inside...Will the screen ever work?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:16 am

Short: No

Long: Maybe

Xlent · Post by **Xlent** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:25 am

so in other words, that would be really hard, especially for a first portable, and that I should just ditch the idea?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:57 am

yeah. Some older laptops may have a controller board, but it's still going to be pretty hard to figure out what goes where

Xlent · Post by **Xlent** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:07 am

ok

thanks for helping

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:56 am

W-w-wait! Just get an emulator, put it on the laptop, get a controller, and your good to go. Unless you only have the screen, then good luck to ya.

Xlent · Post by **Xlent** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:22 pm

Well....me and my dad ripped it apart anyways

it was a piece of crap though...it had 16mb on the hardrive, and that was full memory... it was made in like 1985 lol or atleast thats what the label said.
Anyways...has anyone ever used a laptop screen before for a portable, no matter how hard it was? and if someone did, is there a site that says how to do it? so far we only have the ground wire identified...If you have any info, please help, thanks...

and there wasn't enough room on the hardrive for an emulator anyways

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:37 pm

Based on the other two or three threads on this same exact question, its be the size of a cadillac. The laptop screen takes a different type of picture than what a game system puts out, so, you need a converter, which is big and pointless and stupid. Youre better off with a 7" gamescreen. Aside from that, if the thing was made in '85, I'd doubt it's very power-efficient, old things tend to suck a lot of power.

Xlent · Post by **Xlent** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:45 pm

ok, thanks...back to saving up cash for a new screen