using laptop screen for a desktop monitor?

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Hello

With a bunch of outdated laptops sitting around, is there a way to
connect the screens to a desktop PC?

I guess I am looking for a video cable and power supply adapter.

thanks

Mike

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Where can I get more information on either solution?

Thanks in advance!


Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message news:<40DB8BAF.2000507@neo.rr.com>...
> Not in the way that you are thinking.
>
> You can build (just about literally) a desktop LCD display using an old
> laptop panel, but it may cost more than a new desktop LCD display bought
> in a store, and it will be awkward and ugly.
>
> There are ways to connect two PC's in a "remote control" environment so
> that one computer has the other's scree, but we are talking things like
> Laplink, remote assistance and Windows Remote Desktop. These
> configurations are possible, but I have a feeling that they are not what
> you are looking for.
>
>
> mike wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > With a bunch of outdated laptops sitting around, is there a way to
> > connect the screens to a desktop PC?
> >
> > I guess I am looking for a video cable and power supply adapter.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Mike

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

I have a desktop computer with no monitor. I have a bunch of laptops.
I was trying to either cannabalize the LCD monitor from the laptop or
do some laplink thingy.

I don't think KVM switch will work. I don't have a desktop monitor.

Thanks!



hawk <hawk@spamex.com> wrote in message news:<10dr7k3c4341r73@corp.supernews.com>...
> Not sure what you want to accomplish, but you could use a KVM switch
> to use one keyboard, monitor and mouse on two or more computers.
>
> hawk
>
> mike wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > With a bunch of outdated laptops sitting around, is there a way to
> > connect the screens to a desktop PC?
> >
> > I guess I am looking for a video cable and power supply adapter.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Mike