Testing a display without its driver.

[Lean18]

Yesterday, i went to the shopping mall thats not far away from me. I locked my bike up, and walked in the mall. There is a electronics disposal box, and there was a Dell AIO PC being thrown out, but i saw that it has been opened, so i think the good guts might have been already taken, but! there was the LCD panel left, and if i take it, is there a way for me to test the LCD panel without its driver before i buy one from china ? I dont want to waste money if i order the driver and the panel doesnt work, so please help me.

[Lean18]

And i know that i can test the CCFL in them easily, but how about the LCD itself ?

[BananaBaconFries]

I think you really need a driver for that. That's how they work, you can actually create an Arduino controlled LCD panel, you know simply white, blue, red and green but, but but, that will be fairly complex considering many companies have their own set of pinnings (yes LCD is a standard, but it doesnt stop companies from this is is X pin and that ping is Y and etc.)

How about visiting an LCD fixing shop and ask them to check if its working? or heck maybe selling it to them 

[Lean18]

16 minutes ago, BananaBaconFries said:

I think you really need a driver for that. That's how they work, you can actually create an Arduino controlled LCD panel, you know simply white, blue, red and green but, but but, that will be fairly complex considering many companies have their own set of pinnings (yes LCD is a standard, but it doesnt stop companies from this is is X pin and that ping is Y and etc.)

How about visiting an LCD fixing shop and ask them to check if its working? or heck maybe selling it to them 

Theres really none around, cause Latvia is Latvia. We only got PC repairing shops here that havent even seen some ports on GPUs, like 1, both their employees havent seen a DMS-59 connector in their life.

 

How do i know? Well, i needed an adapter for one, to go from dms to vga.

[Lean18]

And, its a pretty big possibility its not, but i also have a FEELING that its a Samsung panel. Every laptop or monitor that ive teared apart has had a Samsung LCD panel. I know that this might not change much if it actually is, but atleast its from a well known brand and theres a possibility i can find a pinout for it.

[BananaBaconFries]

15 minutes ago, DxMoose said:

And, its a pretty big possibility its not, but i also have a FEELING that its a Samsung panel. Every laptop or monitor that ive teared apart has had a Samsung LCD panel. I know that this might not change much if it actually is, but atleast its from a well known brand and theres a possibility i can find a pinout for it.

Why not try it? im pretty sure there's a sticker on that panel that says what is it. buuut, honestly for the effort and not even sure if its working, it maybe working, but cracks/dead pixels all over, i'd rather take it to the shop for them to check if it can

and if it CAN, then i'd buy the driver, w/c im sure the shop also provides

[Lean18]

As its an AIO, there might still be a mobo in it, i might try to do something with that.

 

[Lean18]

In one way or another - F*ck. I just went there and it wasnt there with the rest of the 2 monitors. so yeah.

 

Ill just choose one of your answers and mark the thread as solved.