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Offline EgillSkallagrimsson

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Quote from: amigadave;545194
Not sure I understand your post above.  I am trying to find out if I will be able to make, or find a cable that will connect my Efika's ATI Radeon 9250 video card with DVI, VGA & Composite outputs to the really old LCD screen out of a laptop made in 1998/99.

I haven't yet taken it apart, so I don't know if the laptop uses an "off-the-shelf" video card that many other laptops of that time period used, or if it has integrated graphics that is unique to the motherboard used.  There has to be some way to find out how to wire a VGA or DVI plug to the existing wiring coming from the laptop's LCD display.
In a typical lcd monitor there is a controller board that drives the lcd. On a laptop, this controller is almost always integrated into the motherboard due to space/money issues. What you are trying to do is essentially what those DIY projector enthusiasts have to do when they use laptop lcds for their projectors. Reading up on their sites or asking about your particular laptop lcd on their forums is likely to get you a more detailed explanation.
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