How to turn Old Laptop Screen into External Desktop Monitor

[@torogipro]

00:00 Intro 00:34 The Old Dead Laptop 01:04 Taking out the screen 01:33 Screen Model Number 01:47 Buying Needed Parts 02:43 LVDS Controller Board 02:53 Parts for Screen Stand 03:22 Building the Screen 06:00 Halfway Done 06:22 Mounting it on the desk 06:49 Using it as dual Monitor 07:14 The Output

[@xboxgamer9216]

Nice video btw put this timeline in description so it shows up in the video .

[@ayanadhikary6860]

What is source of Power? Is any power adapter needed? If so then which adapter suitable for it?

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

Will this work for touch screen monitors?

[@Mayhem2019]

@@Eduardo_Espinoza If the LVDS controller you get is touch screen capable and the screen as well then it should not be a problem IMO.

[@waheedahammad8255]

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[@markhellyer3407]

What a great find, the waste from old laptops has bugged me for years. Now it turns out I don't need to buy new monitors for my Raspberry Pi4, I will diy them from old laptops.

[@socrates1701]

so, whats the progress?

[@bioemiliano]

@@socrates1701 Trash to monitors

[@Alephbeth17]

Did you manage to do the same? no failures?

[@silencedmonkeyyy]

Just what i was thinking about

[@Santor-]

He got zapped by the electricity unfortunately, and are no longer with us.

[@wettuga2762]

Great use for old laptop screens! Unfortunately the converter and power adapter seem to cost as much as a bigger/used LCD desktop monitor. Two suggestions for the cable placement: - if you make a rectangular/circular hole in the middle of the clipboard to pass the LCD cable through, it will not be visible in the bottom. - if the controller board is placed closer to the middle of the clipboard, the VGA/HDMi/DVI cable will not be visible on the side.

[@Jesussaxxx]

What converter and power adaptar do you mean? i jus ordered the controller and you can use the laptop charger that came with it to power the controller i believe, all costing me less than 30 bucks

[@wettuga2762]

@@Jesussaxxx Laptop power adapters are usually 18v to 21v, and the search I did for controller boards seems to indicate that they work with 12v. Might be wrong, tough.

[@Jesussaxxx]

@@wettuga2762 yeah actually you’re right, i didn’t check that

[@Jesussaxxx]

@@wettuga2762 i found a 12v power adapter though for 13 bucks

[@AristarcoPalacios]

It's true. I found adapters costing as much as a new monitor. I had a bad experience with AliExpress but I think they have cheaper options. Might be the way to go. Amazon prices for the adapters are sky-high.

[@praisepastorstewart1107]

its really a good way to re use parts saving the environment great idea bro

[@naayagan]

Awesome clean build! Great idea to reuse a working lid on an otherwise old/unused/damaged laptop! Thank you!

[@arsizhifenerprozhod]

The stupid thing is that every laptop i damaged is because of broken display This time was different, ridiculous specs of the laptop in this times, got bluescreens and random video failures, but the display is okay

[@drnick990]

i´m looking to do a progect just like this, and your video is just what i needed to head in the right direction.

[@SeperSuzu]

You've gained a sub, your commentary is great, it brings life to the video, and the video itself is phenomenal, I kept looking for DIY monitors but none were as detailed as this, thank you!

[@flaviokauling1436]

The tip on how to find the control board alone is worth the view! Thanks.

[@jredapple]

Such a simple solution and idea. My old laptop monitor was good quality so I've salvaged it the same way. Works perfectly and saves 70/80 euros compared to buying a new screen. Thanks

[@laurielbing7379]

GENIUS!!!! This is the answer to my gaming problem.

[@Merzdaman]

Sound nice but depends on what sort of gaming u after.. might be laggy tho if shooting game :)

[@DJZofPCB]

Thank you I followed your video and I have successfully made my own 2nd monitor!!! I left the housing because it was mostly intact. All I have to make now is a stand..

[@davyraeder]

finally a outbox idea for what I need.

[@aqilah0]

I love his reaction when his project is successful.... This is a wonderful project that I like... Keep it up bro

[@robertswoodyearthree303]

Great idea! So many laptops scrapped - so many opportunities to recycle. The only downside - the cost of the controllers and transformers - but still a great idea!

[@robertswoodyearthree303]

ps I really like your presentation style.

[@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures]

Thanks for sharing!! I am wanting to use something like this for my Raspberry Pi!!! I have replaced screens on a laptop, but never removed one from a bad PC to use as an extra monitor. This will be very helpful to me for adding a display to my Pi.

[@ZeldaGamer1049]

literally googled this for use on my raspberry pi lmao, thanks youve been a huge help to my small project

[@gromit0818]

Great video. I have a broken laptop with a large screen which I'm now going to do this with.

[@fadizaidi2081]

Did it work ?

[@gromit0818]

@@fadizaidi2081 Yes, although the controller board wasn't the best quality. I may need to buy another one.

[@ytuser4562]

Thank you for the video! Much more clear than the other one I watched. Although I’m still confused with the wiring, adapters, and converters

[@Dasun4856]

Me also

[@LucasFerraz88]

I have just set aside the screen from an old laptop I'm discarting and intend to do this with it! Very excited, thanks for the amazing video!

[@shaunrossouw9130]

Can you find a controller board that uses a USB c port for power and display

[@noorud-deenmavundla9973]

AMAZING VIDEO U just brought purpose to my old laptop ;)

[@OrionsAnvil]

Freaking amazing, thanks for this. I knew there was a reason why I was holding on to a couple of dead laptops!

[@dravenravenloft3257]

That's absolutely amazing brother! Thank you! I have about 10 laptops laying around. I'm going to see if I can use this as a camera monitor.

[@robertbinkowski]

ok, I had this idea in my head for some time already. Never executed it cause did not know how to. But you helped me out a lot. Thanks a lot. It is a great way to give a new purpose an old screen

[@otter-pro]

I love the idea of using clipboard as chassis, was looking for an idea. I can find one for $1 at a dollar store.

[@igieusz]

I have two laptop screens left from some old laptops and now I can add them to my existing setup and have 3 screens :D Thank you

[@PermireFabrica]

Good job. DIY Perks has some similar videos too. The concept is the same, he just spends some additional time to make it look nice. I'm building my own version of this currently, but for one time, I won't put it on KZbin.

[@ChargeCannons]

You and me must share a brain cell. I knew I wasn't the only person in the world who thought using clipboards for DIY project was a great idea.

[@sherwinbactat4179]

I have couple of laptop that is lying around.. I will try this diy..Thanks bro

[@giovannifaraone5472]

Great job man. Simple and efficient explanation

[@PatrickVaras]

Great video! I have at least three junked laptops around the house and you've given me a fun DIY project. Props for re-using everything you could, from the clipboard to the standoffs. Nice job 🙂

[@riri-f2i]

not a dyi guy, i am broke 😂😅😅😅

[@H3R7Z]

That’s the point of diy.. it’s cheaper

[@earthykibbles]

🙏🤓

[@drakenexius5861]

Hi broke

[@louds48]

why did you watch the video and DIY is supposed to be cheaper

[@Hash-6624]

That's literally the point of a DIY Einstein

[@ziamura8095]

Thanks for being fast and informative, some people talking alot before they get in the topic

[@nathandtanner]

What a great build, well done. Thanks for sharing!

[@christianestonilo1430]

The most simple DIY monitor build I've seen. Salamat!

[@Shibu11229]

Thank for posting this. I always wanted to reuse the displays from old laptops but never new you could buy controller boards for them to give them standard hdmi/dvi inputs.

[@aziladip]

Nice share Bro... Will do this with my oldie goldie laptop

[@muhammadaliyyailmi4426]

thanks for the tutorial.. now I know what items are needed for modification. it's lvds for certain type of lcd thumbs up

[@Soapy-chan_old]

I love this video, clear tasks and explanations, and the visuals tell me everything I need to know. Thank you and I will definitely try that out.

[@GeraSanz]

Awesome, im new in this DIY stuff so as my new project i was looking for something to recycle my old laptop

[@universityrepairFL]

Thats awesome! Ive had a 17” for sale for $1 all year, no bites and so glad I found this video ❤

[@N8ive]

I'd like a video on how to turn 9 old monitors into an 80s movie style big screen. You're tutorials are top notch!

[@RafaCoringaProducoes]

i did it using the original notebook body as the monitor body, thanks for the video

[@kimau8960]

How you did it? Thinking of doing the same with my 2004 XP laptop...to connect to my Window 10 broken laptop screen

[@kdhanimesan]

my somewhat young laptop broke and I was looking for a cheap way to replace it. I bought a raspberry pi 4 and now I need a monitor. They cost around 140 bucks and this here costs a little bit of time and like 30 bucks!

[@shaharbanumk9474]

That control board cost like 5000 rs . Thats a lot you could buy an actual monitor with that money

[@bbay1977]

This is a great DIY video. Thanks for posting this. I will probably just look for a used monitor online though. Once i seen what the cost for these boards, its about the same for a cheap monitor. I may use this setup for another project so thanks for posting this.

[@tennishistoryandresultsdat4540]

I think that the idea of this video is that you ALREADY HAVE this screen, so it comes with no extra cost.

[@bbay1977]

@@tennishistoryandresultsdat4540 The idea for that video was to show someone how they could take a used laptop screen and convert it to a standing monitor for eother a desktop or for a laptop that has a way to connect to a external screen. I have aboit 10 screens I salvaged from old laptops that are outdated and not worth using. That board then was $25 without the power supply. I was going to build one to use with my laptop cause my screen when out. The cost of a new screen for my laptop only costed me was 46 with free shipping. Now something like this will help me to build arcades since I have been hoarding screens and parts for them for the past 3 years. This would make them light weight and cheaper for me to build cause I could have them up and running for only $25. My intentions were to build bartop arcadesl. I just never started it when all the stuff hit the fan back in 2020 and shut everything down. Great video though.

[@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG]

nice work! I have saved 2 laptop screens for future use and your video will definitely help me make that happen! thinking of using them in a video security system set up. when I have time 😂

[@jakemcgowan7928]

this is incredible, I have an old laptop that has a 4k screen. Gonna try this so that I can have a high res monitor

[@bluessette]

great video. gave me all of the needed information and was not too long

[@baulninoel]

This would be a good project for my old laptop. Now I need something for its speakers as well. Thanks this is an inspiration.

[@jaksparrow4546]

god damn now i have to Google that too for speaker haha

[@sk8erdmc]

Love it bro! I might use this idea to add a screen to my workbench when working on builds and attach it to the pegboard itself.

[@electrious_46]

DAMN, straight to the point brother, love the content, you made it look like a kid's lego game ♥♥

[@Khadjs1804]

It's midnight and you made me look at my old laptop. Thank you for this video.

[@niyazahmed5110]

When you look lvds board price 4000/- you think to buy a new one monitor but great video bro

[@Michael-fl9lh]

Great idea! My only concern is how to make sure that the lcd is really 100% working.

[@trippinwolf9592]

Bro so worth it!!! I have 4 laptops with functional screens but crapped out cpu, I'm a gamer as well as an electronic salvager. So any new way I can reuse components to make useful devices is a huge help.

[@stevem4391]

I didn't realize it was that simple. Shaking my head at all the laptops I brought to eco stations with so much usable hardware wasted.

[@destroyerofworlds2239]

That is very dope! I love how simple it is. I thought it would be more complicated. Thanks for the video!

[@DarranJHankey66]

I absolutely love it when a crazy idea I get in my mind , eg I had a Toshiba laptop , not worth replacing the screen,but it still served a purpose when Im doing a PC build , then I had a Fried Laptops motherboard where it was polorised with some Wally adding 240 volts 🙄 into the main CPU , asked if I could repair a literal bonfire ! Cut a long , this Advent and my Toshiba in my shack worked perfect using this tech , so it's awesome when ya wild thoughts actually aren't ,and it proves it ere , great video buddy , today's tech , manufacturers DONT want us able to repair nowadays , wel tough Sxxt Toshiba , I don't need to spend £100 quid yet !!! That's the going rate of a ok Upgradeable W7 satellite Pro,,, good job man 🙏🙏

[@Max-wo7zp]

I would like to do that for my old laptop screen, but it's going to cost a lot. I think it's better to buy a second hand monitor. I still wish there was an affordable method to make better use of old screens.

[@asayakeDSU]

The idea is fantastic, excellent but my opinion instead of passing the cable through the front of the screen, you would have made a hole and pass the cable behind so that it is not visible and for the electronic card use an acrylic box for mounting on the wall, for protection of the same circuit.

[@andrerocha81]

This seems great. Can I use my 2011 macbook air display, which is fine still despite the rest and make somthing like this too?

[@Aty3Studios]

Fantastic! ... just Fantastic. I have many of these - from many years of using and retiring (hooding?! :) laptops. Now those old screens will have NEW life. Thanks to you. Keep up the good work.

[@Jayhard24]

Nice sir guaki another brilliant idea 👍😁

[@hippynurd]

I have thought about doing this, I have old broken laptops... but also, for the cost of the board, I can just buy a used monitor, and it will work really well, wont take any troublshooting, and I dont have to build a stand for it. If there was an easy way to extract the display driver board with the laptop so that you dont have to buy any parts, and or so that you can use multiple panels into one display, that might be a more viable solution

[@adesh_kustwar4927]

Thanks used it for my streaming chat screening im very thankful to you!

[@Steerpike07]

Direct recycling. Genius. Love it.

[@ericerto8250]

I have three laptops you gave me such an amazing idea of how to upcycle the screens and I'm going to make it in a way that people are going to love it and I'm going to sell them. I'm going to turn mine into a picture frame a monitor I'm going to have all types that uses for it. I'm going to design it in a way to where would be a decoration thank you for putting this out there really appreciate this

[@pkf4124]

Added to a Raspberry Pi you can make a very slim setup that you can velcro stick to a wall or door. I use one for a quick access in my server cupboard to rdp onto my servers and switches to admin them. Get a touch screen from a laptop that has touchscreen and you have a really compact sytem.

[@cranexdragon1046]

Awesome. I plan to use an old screen, 3d print a bezel with a swivel mount and use it as a full monitor lol

[@jazzskunk91]

Really helpful video. I know what I'll be doing with my 6 year old LCD screen now. Thanks so much.

[@saifullee4288]

I wonder if it can be power connected to a car lighter charger 12v

[@aghavaliyev6288]

thank you bro i've searched method like this

[@WhiteBoyGamer]

makes for a great low power second monitor for twitch as an example while gaming

[@anythingtv2803]

Is there also a board for USB powered one?

[@MaaZy_]

Question: can’t we use the board from the laptop? Take it out with the HD socket? Maybe the power socket as well with whatever board attached to it?

[@chetanpaul1]

Great video. Was searching for something else but somehow landed here. Glad to see now i reuse my old laptop's screen which was sitting and piling dusk. That screen will become my travel secondary monitor now :-) Thank you!

[@T.J]

0:31 It's like an Eco friendly monitor haha love your enthusiasm and it does look cool like this indeed.

[@9595887885]

Thanks mam, I am searching for this kinda videos which help reusable parts ... Really happy ...

[@mosespeacehlatshwayo3694]

It's very worth it and keep it up the great work.

[@CsepiTube]

Thank you for this video! Nice to useing old components! You are very clever! Have a nice day! Arpi from Hungary!

[@vichuhrtz_the_photographer]

hi bro... I'm watching your lcd transformation video. It's Amazing, I have an old laptop in my hand. I will try too

[@John-jr4jl]

im planning to buy a second monitor then i see this video great video sir

[@CaseyHillstrom]

Any way to use something out of the old laptop that we are salvaging as the controller board? Great video btw

[@vandevoortla]

I wonder this too

[@lukitsu8258]

You can salvage many parts, for example microphone, camera, etc!

[@worldwidefox490]

Bro, is it possible to charge the monitor by usb from the pc? So that you can carry it anywhere

[@ryansusoot2748]

No, USB doesn't carry enough voltage and wants to support a monitor

[@isaias12343]

No, the monitor needs, 12v-2Amp , i used a 12v 500mha and the half of the screen was dark so you need the 12v - 2Amp

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

Yes with USB3

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

If you use a low power screen. But overall... It's way cheaper and faster to just buy a used "regular" screen instead of this build.

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

Time to have a triple monitor setup

[@iamthevadeee]

Great video bro. Will try this also..big thumbs up on this

[@ttmkutty]

Thank you very much for this video. I was thinking of converting my old hp note book to some thing else. 🤪

[@djnightwing2735]

what was the screen resolution of the old laptop? Love the vidoe, tho. Nice DIY job!! Keep up the good work! :)

[@SomtimesHeron]

Great, I've seen many videos on this and this was the most comprehensive. I think it's a great idea I have laptops of various quality screens. I don't need a new high Res monitor o have one but I could do with a few more test monitors for example a raspberry pi, or my server. Kudos dude.

[@Bikergirl-gp8gr]

I think its a brilliant idea rather then keeping a old damage or outdated laptop that is on shelve collecting dust 👍

[@The_Joker_]

I still have an old 17” screen I must look up a controller board. Nicely made video 👍😊

[@rafiqa1621]

great content. making something collecting dust, useful again. love it.

[@ahmedp8009]

Thanks, I have a Vaio Duo 11 with a sliding display, while it is considered ancient today, the device is still a marvel of engineering, incredibly thin, and plenty fast still! Unfortunately the display is defective, it is also almost impossible to find a replacement, and even if you do, it is typically egregiously overpriced. I have another old laptop, ill extract the LCD and attach it to the Vaio's sliding mechanism! (If you lookup a photo of the Vaio, it will all make sense).

[@christophertolbert2097]

This is an awesome idea. I have an old all in one that i want to use the screen from to map an RPG map display case for easy light travel! I’ll use some light weight wood to make a holding case.

[@dontaystip3305]

how do you know that is exactly the controller ? as your model is not LP156WH2

[@mir4antimosquito755]

That's why I did it. My lcd ips is wrong because the one I bought is not compatible with my laptop, so I need to change the lcd. I also thought that to make the most of it, I made a portable monitor that can be used with a ps4 or a second monitor on a laptop.

[@LeonoX97]

Thank you for the video i'm thinking use a monitor of macbook pro 2009, I will try to do this for an external monitor for mac mini.

[@LeonoX97]

@@florians6396 hey men no I can't found the correct components

[@Zactivist]

Only thing I wish you had cut a hole through the clipboard to pass the monitor connector through behind the monitor and it'd be totally clean of the connection wire. Other than that, great idea! Just upgraded a laptop panel and I'm thinking what to do with the old panel.

[@salahidjoshvincent4821]

"STAND HARD" My gf was laughing hard LOL