LCD with laptop

tacopimp · 09-16-2002, 11:13 PM

Ok, I have a P3 laptop with a 40gig hard drive, dvd, 256.... not a bad system, but the lcd is bad! There is a red line goin down the side of it and the casing around it is breaking and messing it up. So I was thinkin of taking the screen off (can I just cut those wires so I don't have to take it apart?) and then just using that piece as the cpu in my car! Can I just buy a PCMCIA card to hook up an LCD screen? There are some cards out there that use both RCA and s-video.

outragis · 09-16-2002, 11:54 PM

I would just take the cover off' and disconect the wires from the screen! just incase you decide to put a new screen on later!

AVGeek · 09-16-2002, 11:55 PM

That laptop should also be have a VGA port, and may even have a composite or S-Video port.

tacopimp · 09-17-2002, 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by AVGeek
That laptop should also be have a VGA port, and may even have a composite or S-Video port.

Yeah there is a VGA port, but then I wouldn't be able to hook up any car LCD would I?? I thought they were all S-Video.... But I am now lookin on the back and I think there may also be a S-vid port too! I just gotta look on my pc at work cause that has one that I could compare it to, I don't know exactly what it looks like! Man I am stupid....lol

AVGeek · 09-17-2002, 01:41 AM

S-Video is a 4 pin Mini DIN connection, kinda looks like a PS2 with fewer pins.

tacopimp · 09-17-2002, 08:51 AM

its a round plug though right?

AVGeek · 09-17-2002, 10:24 AM

Yes