I know this sounds crazy, however, i have a notebook with a cracked LCD, and since its too expensive to replace them, i tot of gutting out all the parts and making it into a desktop.

Planning on making a custom casing for this. Is this possible ?

If there's no other damage to the laptop then I dont c y not. Shud b a cool mod. GOGOGO!

Alrite sounds cool, will need to figure out how to solder out the powerbutton, making the monitor start without need to press Function+f5,

Has anyone done this before? I tried googling, didnt see anyone do this... ^^"

hope this mod work out, really wanna see it...

Expandable slots are expected!! haha... make a good mini casing for this mod. It'll look great

that was i'm hoping for, call it a MFF instead of SFF

Lol MFF, lets hope i can find time to sort everything out

ya la, MFF (Micro Form Factor)

i tot Mini Form Factor .... haha... any ideas on how to do the soldering of the start buttons? damn.... lets hope i can figure something out

Of course it's possible.. just need a lot of planning and figuring out what does what... figuring out the pinout for everything.

It's gonna be a major project.

Hope you go through with it though..it's sure hell's gonna be interesting to see.



This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Dec 19 2006, 01:41 AM

lor, i thought a already planned out all the moddings to do... huh, this goin to take a while... so u planning to discuss the plan here la 1st? good idea, getting various idea from forumer

hmm ??? go ask from the shop you bought and ask them some idea my pc i also ask them to help mod idea ^^ they help me out ^^

Try this:
1. Connect your laptop to your CRT/LCD monitor
2. Turn the power on
3. Close the lid immediately.

If it displays on the monitor, then your only problem is to find some way to start your Laptop without opening your lid, assuming the power button is only accessible by opening the lid.

Most laptops come with external serial/USB/PS2 ports, so it shouldn't be a problem to connect everything & run your laptop as a CPU alone

...actually, I've done this before Connect my monitor, keyboard & mouse to the laptop & set the BIOS to 'turn on with password', meaning the Laptop turns on when I key in a certain key sequence on the keyboard. Sweet, huh? B)

so far.. nothing has been planned yet. Here are the issues that i forsee will be important.

- making the mobo to detect the external monitor im gonna connect without pressing FN+F5 (most important)
- a usb keyboard that has the button FN(function) if mobo cant detect external monitor.
- extending out the start button. (soldering, i suck)
- making an extension of the cdrom connection (currently hotswap)
- increase powerbrick to high powered. might wanna put fan in custom casing.
- creating custom casing ^^" - def. using arcylic. I have mdf wood, might wanan consider that also... (my craftmanship sucks also)

I wonder if i missed out anything...

dude.. just diconnect the lid open close sensor... it is just under ur lcd lid... btw tat thing very fragile...

wow... thats cool ideas... making it powerup using password. Never tot bout that. and also disable the lid sensor.. GOOD input

Try posting your nekkid notebook board here...then we can all see mar.



I suppose you'll be using the "notebook" as a file server or download machine of sorts right. Getting around detect external monitor without the FN key is gonna be a b1tch unless you're a bios genious.

My suggestion is to control the "notebook" via remote desktop wirelessly or via cross cable. I'm doing the same with Project Sumpron.

No point having so many sets of monitors and keyboards around right

Speaking of whcih....Why not just re-use the notebook keyboard? Something like a flip open keyboard or something.

You just gotta do an extention cable..the pinout for notebook keyboard is ok lar.. 24 pin niah...simple.



Depending on design (don't even know what notebook you're talking about here).. if the power is on a separate daughter card with all the hotkeys and such...than that's gonna be a MAJOR b1tch as well.

However, it can be gotten around with some clever mechanical "design"




Don't bother on this one... leave it on the same place. Ber-billion pin.



Doesn't work that way dood...ur mobo (or via a separate board) determines how much it can provide... Not the AC brick.. that just changes AC to DC.




The simplest part



Post pics

okie will put all those into consideration, will try to rip the notebook out hopefully by this weekend... damn bz with work during the weekdays.

hey why don't u use the mini keyboard, mine got the function button

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Dec 19 2006, 03:26 PM

Oh which brand of keyboard is that ? Seldom see before.

if i were u, i'd care less about case modding. just slap some 12mm fans, hook it up to a big ass tv via s-video, add a wireless keyboard and it's ready to go as my 24/7 porn rig

edit: anyway, without telling us even the laptop model or brand won't help anything at all. a pic should help us how to rape your lappie better

This post has been edited by lucifah: Dec 19 2006, 11:36 PM

oh yea.. forgot to mention its a HP NX5000. I already have a porn rig, this one will be for work

IBM, hard to find these days

ngbh selling one of those keyboard with Fn button... the design is 100% like mine but no name... Refer here

just like mine except mine is ps2, while this is usb



This post has been edited by E-J@1: Dec 20 2006, 01:33 PM

hey E-J@1, Thanks for the input

no problem, just wanna this mod to be successful, cause maybe i steal some of ur ideas for my old notebook

Here, let me show a pic about this guy what he did to his laptop.. not really converted to PC la..

Aiyar..he could do a lot more than that lar

yea.... this guy just rip off his keyboard n put a heatsink on his proc.. tat's all.

ahh i cant do that, the LCD is screwed. Ahh.... need to find time.. hopefully i can do it during this long weekend.

can build a slim case with those stuff
something like PS2.. maybe?

Is the LCD screen connected or not?....,maybe the threadstarter might wanna try putting the whole thing into a briefcase or somethin....,that way it'll still be portable......

i seen tht pic somewhere and the guy said he spilt water on his keyboard before

anyway no need to rape pc what, just connect a analog monitor can adi

yea that's right man.. i took this pic from another forum..

^^^^^^^^that is one big screen....

^^^that briefcase idea was cool... 'Looks' portable maybe?

This post has been edited by DJFoo000: Dec 21 2006, 10:07 PM

One of my friends in pinang actually claimed that his friend managed to full convert his desktop rig into a lappie(or somethin of the sort...)....,sad thing though is that he left early..(before our camp could finish....)I wanted to know how he got the PSU to fit in

This post has been edited by tatayoung: Dec 22 2006, 10:49 PM

Well, I am facing the same condition as the thread starter too...

The frame of the LCD cracked. What I did was ripped off the LCD, just plug monitor through the VGA out, viola.

But then, it is currently lying aside. No point use it since it is only an old P3 lappy.

this site could provide some inspiration

http://www.metku.net

especially this little mod
http://www.metku.net/index.html?path=mods/whiskypc/index_eng

This post has been edited by Proteus: Feb 21 2007, 05:11 PM

while were on the subject of laptop modding...

i have an old acer (i think) laptop that i wanna rip apart... and i was wondering if its possible to connect the LCD monitor to a desktop GC via analog or DVI. S-Video is not an option as its currently taken up by my TV

anyone knows how to do it if its even possible?

maybe you can turn it into a htpc. tap a network cable to it and attach a wireless kB. plug the video out or the vga to the big screen and watch all your downloaded series or movies via your living room.

lol, that looked exactly like my brother's laptop.
i "converted" it into an "emulator console" after my bro finally decided that it's time to change his heavy "Keyboard".

i'm using ibm x31 with a broken LCD...the docking unit that i'm using has a power button on it..so wat i do is just press the button...the docking unit has everything i need already...so just connect the docking unit, press the power button then i'm ready to go

btw my kayboard have the fn key..and my desktop keyboard oso got fn key...my desktop one is comat..rm70 with background light...laptop one is IBM with trackpoint(R) and a touchpad

This post has been edited by dj.eRicZzz: Feb 24 2007, 08:07 PM


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nice converting eric... no doubt.. the IBM have those function behind thier lappy.. my benq sux to da max...

This post has been edited by iXora.ix: Feb 25 2007, 12:13 AM

Hey dj! Do you convert that notebook keyboar and touchpad into PS2, possible to connect a normal desktop?! How did you done that?! I have a idea for convert a keyboard with touchpad from a notebook, to PS2 or USB, and the only think i have found was this topic!! I need to know how have you done that please!! If you have the pinout from the keyboard and touchpad i will apreciated, a quick how to is same as good!! Thank you!!

(P.S. - Sorry about my english... )

ByB

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Added on April 7, 2007, 8:07 amAnyone can help me please?!

ByB

This post has been edited by ByB: Apr 7 2007, 08:07 AM