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thinkpad 770 lcd monitor to vga????
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:46 pm
by sv7qi
Hello from Greece,
i want to detach the LCD from a 770 and attach it with a cable to the VGA port in the back of the 770E body.
I want to use the thinkpad for navigation and i want only the LCD to put in frond and the body of thinkpad under the seat
Any help???
Regards
Charis
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:32 am
by sickofit
I was always thinking of doing the same thing when I had a couple 770's laying around.......The video and inverter cable are the only wires from the LCD to the base,and they look like common copper wire....I was just going to try extending the cables and see if that worked,but never got around to it...
...I'm not sure it would even boot without the LCD attatched,even if set tonever come on....
Please let me know how you make out...!!!
Greg St.L
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:06 am
by sv7qi
sickofit wrote:I was always thinking of doing the same thing when I had a couple 770's laying around.......The video and inverter cable are the only wires from the LCD to the base,and they look like common copper wire....I was just going to try extending the cables and see if that worked,but never got around to it...
...I'm not sure it would even boot without the LCD attatched,even if set tonever come on....
Please let me know how you make out...!!!
Greg St.L
YES Work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
see pictures in my site
www.pkteam.gr/sv7qi
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:19 am
by tfflivemb2
Do you have any pictures of what the 770 looks like now? I saw pictures that might have come from your 770, but I couldn't find any of the 770 itself.
Also, how easy was this?
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:26 am
by sv7qi
tfflivemb2 wrote:Do you have any pictures of what the 770 looks like now? I saw pictures that might have come from your 770, but I couldn't find any of the 770 itself.
Also, how easy was this?
give ur personal mai i cant attach foto here
regards
my personal mail is :
sv7qi@pkteam.gr
and i give all the foto
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:29 am
by sv7qi
sv7qi wrote:tfflivemb2 wrote:Do you have any pictures of what the 770 looks like now? I saw pictures that might have come from your 770, but I couldn't find any of the 770 itself.
Also, how easy was this?
just 4 hours and good eys!!!!!! for soltdering the cable
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:53 pm
by tfflivemb2
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:32 pm
by LtTPfan
I've thought about using Thinkpads similarly in my business of modifying slot-machines for use under amusement laws, eliminating their ability to accept or payout coins, tokens, etc but instead network them for control by a central computer. Right now I use a 2-line LCD display and the machine's own controls for input but by putting a TP inside, the display and a USB numpad or small keyboard outside, I would have far more flexibility and control.
