pabla007

Can i hook up a dell laptop screen to a compaq laptop?
i have a spare dell laptop screens and trying to hook it up to a Compaq laptop. is it possible? and if possible how?

* 6 days ago
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3 days ago
I have three different type of laptop. Main Laptop is Compaq Presario 2100. Compaq Presario 2100 with a 30Gb hard drive, 512MB of memory, and a 1.8Ghz AMD XP 2400 processor.


I would like to use screen from Compaq Presario 1247. Display 12.1 inch HPA display.
Video Graphics Trident Cyberblade 3D graphics

* High-performance 3D graphics
* Maximum internal resolution of up to 800 x 600 x 16 M; with external monitor – 1280 x 1024 non-interlaced
* 24-bit color provides up to 16 M brilliant colors
* MPEG full-motion video playback
* Audio CD player
* Video player (AVI, MPEG and others)

Video Memory 4 MB video memory


Lastlaptop tOSHIBA tECRA 8100:Processor 500MHz Mobile Pentium III
RAM/Memory 192mb
Hard Drive 10GB
Optical Drive CD-ROM
LCD Screen 14.1"


I would like to know if i could connect Compaq Presario 1247 and Toshiba Teca 8100 to Compaq Presario 2100. I want to remove screen from following laptop and connect to main laptop.

help me

muldrick

I don't know, but did you see THIS?

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Grrrmachine

Simplest answer is no. Every laptop LCD uses its own proprietory controller board for graphics, and on most laptops thats hardwired to the motherboard as a soldered component or an unremovable element of the motherboard layout itself. Your best hope is to try, but dont be surprised if 10 hours later you haven't got any image AND you've burned out a screen or two from incompatible voltages.

2k1Toaster

Probability of Dell to Compaq transpant working is very low.

Compaq to HP or visa versa has a higher success rate.

Dell to Alienware is a higher success rate.

Basically if it is made by the same company, they usually cut corners and use the same parts in different flashy cases.

But the best way to know is to take apart the screen and read the serial/model number off the TFT screen itself. The video card is irrelevant. The actual screen model is needed. Probably Hitachi...

Then google the numbers and find pinouts for the screen. If they match it will work. I doubt they will. If the signals match but not in the same area, then you will need a custom cable made which will be a PITA because they are very small.

good luck.

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wired48

It can be done but it is not quick and its not easy. A straightfoward swap is highly unlikely, but if you want to run the screen externally get hold of a LVDS or TTL controller and get to work. Check the following link

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/lcd-...-lp150x04.html