• Using laptop with a broken hard drive as a second monitor
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I have a laptop that has a broken hard drive and I have a new laptop now. I was wondering if it was possible to use the one with the broken hard drive as a second monitor. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Short answer: no Long answer: ~yes~ But the fact that you are asking means that you won't be able to execute the long way
[QUOTE=kdabr;23675346]Short answer: no Long answer: ~yes~ But the fact that you are asking means that you won't be able to execute the long way[/QUOTE] Wanna tell me?
I wanted to do this, but using a normal PC, and wiring up the busted laptop for the monitor, keyboard AND mouse. I gave up since there was no way of linking everything up, and the laptop's monitor wires were like sphagetti :P
Why did you buy a new laptop just because of a broken hard drive? You should have just replaced the hard drive. And unless the hard drive actually broke it's called a corrupt hard drive.
[QUOTE=Maccabee;23675465]Why did you buy a new laptop just because of a broken hard drive? You should have just replaced the hard drive. And unless the hard drive actually broke it's called a corrupt hard drive.[/QUOTE] Was getting old, wasn't worth it
[QUOTE=Dagern;23675489]Was getting old, wasn't worth it[/QUOTE] I've got a 13 year old Toshiba Sattelite, it still works fine. As a DVD player :v: (The screen is broken, but the video out works fine to TV.)
I never use my laptop anymore. it just sits in my room, cold, and alone... Brb going to play with my laptop.
you'd need to pop the screen out and hook it up to an LVDS interface board
[QUOTE=kdabr;23676085]you'd need to pop the screen out and hook it up to an LVDS interface board[/QUOTE] Might be a bit too much for the OP.
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