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Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:59 pm
by mista_eng
So I have a x61 that I'd like to use with a external LCD exclusively. The included monitor doesn't offer much screen anyway (1024x768), and since I'd rather not get another keyboard, I was thinking about detaching the x61's LCD completely.
Anyone know if this idea will work?
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:16 pm
by emeraldgirl08
Should work provided you go into BIOS first and make the adjustment to the "Boot Display Device" first.
I did something similar 2 years ago with an R51e. Wow has time gone by that quickly??!!
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=85326
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:22 pm
by mista_eng
Oh that is great news! Thanks for the tip, you probably saved me half an hour of frustration.
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:24 pm
by emeraldgirl08
Another little tidbit if you are ever needing to navigate through BIOS blind
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-69927
Just added that in case you somehow get yourself in sitch
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:26 pm
by rkawakami
What should also work is to use the Fn+F7 key combination to cycle between the LCD and external VGA port.
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:12 am
by Nprod
I believe the official term for this is a "halftop". Why don't you look for a docking station though? It will allow you to use the best of both worlds whenever you need it.
PS. With a suitable LVDS driver board you can also go the other way around - use the laptop's LCD assembly as a desktop monitor.
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:07 pm
by paul*robertson
On a similair vein, how big an external monitor can you use. Secondly, what resolution can you go up to.
Re: Possible to use x61 with the LCD screen removed?
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:23 pm
by dmdsoftware
Nprod wrote:I believe the official term for this is a "halftop". Why don't you look for a docking station though? It will allow you to use the best of both worlds whenever you need it.
PS. With a suitable LVDS driver board you can also go the other way around - use the laptop's LCD assembly as a desktop monitor.
I like to call it headless
I've been doing it with spare Xs for years. They make great network computing machines, often for single-purpose machines. Got one for file storage, one for downloading, one for hosting VMs, etc.