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clickhea:

i have a lcd screen from a blackberry curve




it wouldn't be possible to somehow wire this up to the computer to have it display certain things would it?

the connector to the lcd is weird so i wouldnt even know where to begin if it was even possible.

leapinlew:

The quick answer is no.

I'm making an assumption it's like a laptop LCD and it's not like a normal monitor. I did some research on something similar when I had a lot of junker laptops that had perfectly good monitors, but bad computers. You could do a ton of leg work and possibly get the thing working if you can find the proper driver (hardware and software) for the display, but odds are it won't be feasible.

I don't remember all the details of why it's so difficult, but I do remember that it wasn't simply a matter of a correct pinout.

clickhea:

alright that's what i figured, thanks for the quick response.

Encryptor:

I believe that I read some where that it's because there isn't a controller built into those smaller lcd screens. Therefore there is nothing to convert/translate the signals going to the lcd or something along those lines anyway and the part to do that is very expensive.


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leapinlew:


--- Quote from: Encryptor on November 01, 2008, 05:37:23 pm ---I believe that I read some where that it's because there isn't a controller built into those smaller lcd screens. Therefore there is nothing to convert/translate the signals going to the lcd or something along those lines anyway and the part to do that is very expensive.


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Very good memory. That sounds familiar to me too.

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