"NO VGA INPUT" Solution
well I've got some great news and some moderately bad news.
Good news:
VGA works!!! wootness. Not sure what caused it cause I made 2 changes--installed the TS drivers and turned the laptop on after the screen was open. I think it was the latter that did it.
I'm sure this wont solve everyone's VGA probs, but it helped at least one person (me).
Bad news:
still no audio on anything which leads me to believe I wired it up wrong, but I dont see how cause I bought a wiring harness from Circuit City and just matched the wire colors. I dont even get static noise. Can someone help me with this? My speakers wont even come on.
Notes:
I drive a BMW 323is (E36) and removed the head unit.
I received my screen about a week ago so this is one of the newest batches.