Laptop under seat with its screen on dash
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Topic: Laptop under seat with its screen on dash
Posted By: chargin
Subject: Laptop under seat with its screen on dash
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 2:46 AM
Can I have a laptop in my car with the screen attached by a cable and placed on the dash? What sort of cable would be needed, can vga cable be used? This would mean the install would be quite neat and functional as an entire laptop on the dash doesnt really work too well. If this is possible Im sure its been done.
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Posted By: Lurkin
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 9:02 AM
how are you gonna work the laptop with it under the seat?
Posted By: chargin
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 9:41 AM
Dont worry about that, the question is can it be done? (I said that as an example of the situation)
Posted By: Lurkin
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 10:05 AM
well first off recomend this www.drivesoft.net now if you take the laptop apart you can see how to do it, take some soldering but you can do it. not sure why i answered this back with what you said but i guess im a nice guy.
Posted By: chargin
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 7:28 PM
Hey I didnt mean that in a nasty way, it just had nothing to do with my question was all, sorry if I offended.
Posted By: chargin
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 7:32 PM
Hmm I dont think that guy used a laptop though, looks lice pc parts to me?
Posted By: swamprat323
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 7:54 PM
Are you planing to use the screen that came with the laptop, or a differt one. Say if not going to use a differt one the heat form the laptop also come "from" the keyboard, if you kept the key board closed may over heat. Im sure it can be done, just have to put soem though into it.
Kyle
Posted By: chargin
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 8:08 PM
No I would be using the laptop screen, just wondering if I can remove it and have it hooked up remotely via a cable?
Posted By: swamprat323
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 8:23 PM
Find a local computer/repair shop and ask them, that be your best bet. Or find a old laptop that dont work for crap and take that apart to see how it wired, that give you more of an idea of what to look for. My guess it was soem sort of ribion cable, im sure that it can be made longer. Let us know what happens im courius now.
Kyle
Posted By: tyger25
Date Posted: June 20, 2004 at 10:42 PM
Yes you can detach and use the screen, but it will not work without the laptop. Is that all you wanted to know?
Posted By: chargin
Date Posted: June 20, 2004 at 10:48 PM
I want to use it with the laptop connected, anyone got some links about this type of thing? surely I cant be the first to ponder this one?
Posted By: Lurkin
Date Posted: June 20, 2004 at 10:52 PM
are all you wanting to do is remove the screen from the laptop itself and just extend the wires? if so just take it apart and extend the wires. if you cant tell somebody exactly what you are wanting to do nobody can help ya.
Posted By: markcars
Date Posted: June 21, 2004 at 3:03 PM
Extending the wires from a laptop to its screen isn't an easy task if not impossible. There are far too many wires that are on copper-clad flexible sheets plus a lot of very thin wires that will take too much work to accomplish. If you are wanting to have a screen on the dash, I would suggest an easier alternative, which is to put your laptop (without any surgery to it) under the seat and just use a flat screen monitor and connect its HD15 connector to the laptop. If you get better ideas, I would like to know as well. Of course you won't be able to operate your laptop unless you have an external keyboard etc, in which case you would end up with so many external devices to place all over. I've seen a few people do it but not with a laptop.
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