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Notebook as a Desktop (Display) Monitor ? Please leave your opinion.

post #1 of 12
1/13/04 at 8:21pm
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Hello Everybody,

I am using a notebook (Toshiba Stallite A20) right now. As you know it is not quite easy to play games over a standart notebook since they don't have good video card. So does mine. It is a Trident CyberAladdin 32 mb which supports nothing.

Since I want to play games, I am thinking to buy a new desktop Pc. But I am short space and money. So I thought , it may sound weird, whether I can connect my desktop pc to my notebook and use it as a monitor while both are running or not. (only for monitor, not keyboard and mice)

Is such a thing possible? Can it be from USB or PCMCIA?

If you have experienced or heard something like this, I would be grateful for your replies.

Thanks.
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post #2 of 12
1/13/04 at 8:51pm
If you ever opened up a notebook you will find that the notebook LCD is actually connected to the mainboard through a few parallel wires and a port. It is highly possible that that port is just a regular VGA port. You may be able to dissect the wires and connect it to a regular VGA female plug, thus plugging the notebook LCD to a standard desktop.
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post #3 of 12
1/14/04 at 6:31pm
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is it possible to find the schematics of the notebook?
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post #4 of 12
1/14/04 at 7:32pm
Large manufacturers may list detailed service diagrams on their website. I know Dell and IBM do just that, not sure about Toshiba though.
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post #5 of 12
1/14/04 at 10:41pm
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Thanks a lot deltawalkerl. I have posted this thread in a few forums but you are the only one who replied back. You gave me an idea. I'll try it.
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post #6 of 12
1/14/04 at 10:45pm
Please don't hold me responsible if you fry any parts.
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post #7 of 12
1/14/04 at 10:52pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deltawalkerl
Please don't hold me responsible if you fry any parts.
hahahahahaha. Don't worry I wont.
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post #8 of 12
1/14/04 at 11:24pm
I am not sure how you are going to attempt this, but don't use a VGA plug. It turns out that commercial and notebook LCD's use an interface called LVDS. I don't know if you know this already. LVDS is similar to DVI-D, but not exactly the same. There is a Multilink LVDS --> DVI-D adapter, but that costs $799.
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post #9 of 12
1/14/04 at 11:36pm
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let me research for a while.
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post #10 of 12
1/15/04 at 12:41am
Try this link.

www.maxivista.com
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post #11 of 12
1/15/04 at 1:51pm
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Originally Posted by XSternMinator
Try this link.

www.maxivista.com

Thanks a lot XSternMinator. But I am told that that software is not appropriate for my problem.
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post #12 of 12
1/15/04 at 2:23pm
Unfortunately, that's the closest thing I can think of that'd allow you to use your lappy as a monitor :<
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