laptop Can i use a laptop as a secondary display?

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I have an old laptop that somewhat works but i would rather have it as a secondary display since it kinda sucks... But i noticed it doesnt have a HDMI in. So my question for you guys is. How can i overcome that?

[Skiiwee29]

No, they only have outputs, no inputs so they can not be used as a display input. 

[Jurrunio]

you could mod the monitor's connection to the motherboard to be an input from an external source, tho at that point it's more like "reusing components from a laptop you'll never use otherwise"

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Just now, Jurrunio said:

you could mod the monitor's connection to the motherboard to be an input from an external source, tho at that point it's more like "reusing components from a laptop you'll never use otherwise"

hmmm.. that sounds interesting. How would i go about doing that?

 

[Praesi]

Do you have a docking station?

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2 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

 https://www.ebay.com/p/25019043362

this will let you use a laptop display panel as a monitor, has hdmi and vga input

how do i use that thing??

 

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1 minute ago, Praesi said:

Do you have a docking station?

I dont

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2 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

Plug the laptop panel into the lvds connector instead, plug in the backlight power and anything else the specific panel might have, then power the board and give it an input of hdmi, vga or composite.

 

There isn’t just a little analog adapter, converting to lvds requires something like that board.

So this will require me to tear out the monitor from the chassis?

[Zmax]

Have you tried this . If both machine used Windows 10

 

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/laptop/laptop-second-monitor-3674679/

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3 minutes ago, Zmax said:

Have you tried this . If both machine used Windows 10

 

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/laptop/laptop-second-monitor-3674679/

This seems a lot easier than tearing out the display to connect it to a small board. I will try this out thanks bro!

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6 minutes ago, Zmax said:

Have you tried this . If both machine used Windows 10

 

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/laptop/laptop-second-monitor-3674679/

 

25 minutes ago, Praesi said:

Do you have a docking station?

 

28 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

You need an input to lvds adapter for the specific type of lvds connection the laptop display uses. They only cost like 10-15$ on eBay but at that point you might as well just get a 10$ goodwill monitor and use that instead.

 

31 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

you could mod the monitor's connection to the motherboard to be an input from an external source, tho at that point it's more like "reusing components from a laptop you'll never use otherwise"

 

34 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

No, they only have outputs, no inputs so they can not be used as a display input. 

Thanks to everyone who replied and helped me out! You guys are awesome!