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JeffB13:

I am getting ready to build my cocktail cabinet and I'm using an old laptop I had laying around.  Should I bother decasing it or just set it up to run with the screen down and lay it in the bottom of the cabinet?



lamprey:

I don't see much point to decasing it. If you have the space, I'd just leave it as is.

nitrogen_widget:

Leave it in the case.
You probably won't save that much space.

However, I looked at doing this with an old Pentium M laptop & determined without a docking station I still needed to open the lid, turn on the PC, & manually hit the key combo to turn on external monitor.

Don't know if this the same with yours.
Also, irotate is a good tool for laptops with older ibm graphics that don't give you the option to rotate the display.

JeffB13:

I didn't think of that.  I have had it up and running on the dining room table.  I'll have to see if I can get it to power on with an external monitor attached with the lid closed.

lamprey:

I used a netbook for mini-build a while back. I had to remove the lid-switch and solder a new switch in order to make the power switch mounted on the outside of the cab. But, I was using the native screen so, hopefully, an external one won't cause you too much grief.

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