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Is it possible (yet) to use old laptop TFTs as extra monitors?
Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 2026817 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have several old laptops laying around which are in various states of brokenness. It would be nice to be able to use the TFTs as extra (small) monitors on other computers, or to use them to hook up as test monitors when trying to diagnose other PCs. Do laptops use a standard enough interface now …
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You would need to purchase an LCD Controller to wire the laptop TFT into. Laptop LCD screens are disjoint from the necessary controller hardware that translates the standard VGA/DVI/etc signals to the arbitrary LCD signals. So it's possible, your ju…
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