![]() The two main hardware differences are processors and graphics chip. Looking at the two machines, they are virtually identical specification-wise.īoth are 12″ models sporting a 1024 x 768 screen with 32 MB 4x AGP graphic chip, 133 MHz system bus with 1.25 GB DDR 2100 RAM, an AirPort Extreme card, and built-in Bluetooth 1.1. Certainly more than any screen you can buy new.In the last few days, I have become the proud owner of a 12″ PowerBook G4, a replacement for my 12″ iBook G4 that died a few weeks ago. If it works out for you, you can really get an awful lot of screen for your money. So I thought I’d share it with the world. This is something I did that brought me a lot of pleasure and I regularly use one of these in my workshop as a video monitor and with Raspberry Pi. Do be aware that you are not guaranteed a result (that’s why I bought one driver board first, then another when I knew it worked). If you want to bag yourself a gorgeous screen for your Raspberry Pi, DSLR, Video camera or any other computer I’d recommend you give it a shot. Lots of people throw away dead laptops now, but often the screens are perfectly fine. So there’s potentially going to be a third one. I also have a friend with a similar Dell that died, so I scrounged that too. I now have 2 gorgeous 15.6″ Full HD displays that I paid $32 each for. There is a Risk it Might Not Workīut in my case, it was definitely worth the ‘punt’. In any case, your LCD will probably be a different part number. It’s no longer available, but I’m sure you could find one if you wanted to. The driver board I bought came from Ali Express. And I put it together live on camera, just so that you can all see how easy it was. I managed to finally get ‘a round tuit’ yesterday. As soon as I’d made it work for one, I ordered a second board, with the intention of making a video about it. But back in October 2015 I actually did it. I’d wondered for a while about getting a driver board and seeing if I could re-use them. ![]() So we had these two dead Dells with lovely, flawless 15.6 inch full HD, low-power screens in the loft, waiting to be targeted for termination. My wife had an identical machine, bought at the same time, which lasted a year longer. It started conking out a few months earlier, but I managed to “heat-gun” the GPU into submission and it worked for a few more months. My Dell Studio 1557 laptop died some time back in early 2014. ![]()
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