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sfay93 · 12-19-2004, 02:34 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by wallyman424

i looked this stuff up a while ago and came up with disheartening news. first off, in almost every laptop the controller card is built into the motherboard, so its off limits. next, for some reason there is no industry standard in laptop controllers, so it varies so much, and youd have to find a specific card. also, theyre quite expensive. youd be better off buying an lcd outright.

Agree. You can try http://earthlcd.com for a controller but they are quite expensive and you need to find out which controller you have. It will, in the end, be cheaper to just buy a new lcd.

12-19-2004, 02:34 AM	#3
sfay93 Maximum Bitrate Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 777	Quote: Originally Posted by wallyman424 i looked this stuff up a while ago and came up with disheartening news. first off, in almost every laptop the controller card is built into the motherboard, so its off limits. next, for some reason there is no industry standard in laptop controllers, so it varies so much, and youd have to find a specific card. also, theyre quite expensive. youd be better off buying an lcd outright. Agree. You can try http://earthlcd.com for a controller but they are quite expensive and you need to find out which controller you have. It will, in the end, be cheaper to just buy a new lcd. __________________ 7" Lilli TS, Soyo K7VME, Semperon 2200, 160GB Maxtor, 512mb PC3200, Deluo GPS, Panasonic Slim DVD/CD RW, Linksys WMP545G , Opus 150w, XMDirect, XP Pro, FP, IG [XXXXXXXXX-] 90% ATVMS.com