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My wife had a monitor die early (16 months?) and I'd LOVE to turn it into a screen. The problem is that I'm betting the panel is fine, and the power is fine, bu

My wife had a monitor die early (16 months?) and I'd LOVE to turn it into a screen. The problem is that I'm betting the panel is fine, and the power is fine, but finding a driver board is near impossible, and I don't know enough about driving a screen to roll my own. (It's a 24" 2k screen, which would be awesome, and I kinda don't want to recycle it if I can conceivably reuse it.)

dan1234 4y ago
You're probably best off looking for the same model monitor with a broken panel but working driver board.
abrugsch 4y ago
there is a roaring trade on ebay/aliexpress configuring generic HDMI/VGA->LCD panel driver boards. once you strip down the monitor, get the model number of the actual panel and google/ebay/aliexpress search for <panel model> + hdmi driver and you will probably find one in the $20-$40 range. a typical example is take a 1st/2nd gen iPad which has been locked out (and therefore useless to anyone trying to unlock it without the original iCloud account) usually sell for about $/£10 on ebay, strip out the panel and pair with a $20 HDMI->LCD interface for a standalone 9.7" IPS monitor (albeit at 1024x768 res but the clarity is amazing)