# Raspberry Pi 2 driving old laptop screen

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**Category:** Raspberry Pi\
**Created:** [September 2, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-driving-old-laptop-screen/5857 "2017-09-02T17:24:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![edjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@edjones](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/edjones)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-driving-old-laptop-screen/5857/1 "2017-09-02T17:24:59Z")

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Hi, this might be a bit broad but I have a RaspPi 2 and an old dead laptop. I will as wondering if I could get the RaspPi to talk to the laptop screen once I took the screen out of its laptop casing? If using a RaspPi 3 or zero is better that is fine, I am just looking for a project for this currently unused Pi 2! Ideally I would like to use it magic mirror way, showing a clock, news, even video.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-driving-old-laptop-screen/5857/2 "2017-09-02T18:54:15Z")

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Alex of [Raspi.tv](http://Raspi.tv) has done this, I believe it depends upon the laptop display whether or not you can get a driver board for it- you will almost certainly need one- see: [http://raspi.tv/2016/make-a-full-hd-15-6-inch-screen-for-32-for-your-raspberry-pi-dslr-or-video-camera](http://raspi.tv/2016/make-a-full-hd-15-6-inch-screen-for-32-for-your-raspberry-pi-dslr-or-video-camera)

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**Author:** ![edjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@edjones](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/edjones)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-driving-old-laptop-screen/5857/3 "2017-09-03T15:47:17Z")

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Amazing! I thought it was unlikely but once again the RaspPi community has already got there! Thanks for your super quick response and the great link, I look forward to getting stuck in!

Regards

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**Author:** ![edjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@edjones](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/edjones)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-driving-old-laptop-screen/5857/4 "2017-09-15T13:33:58Z")

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Just as Alex from [Raspi.tv](http://Raspi.tv) said, it worked! The controller board arrived today and once plugged in and powered up, I now have the Raspbian desktop on the old laptop display running from a RaspPi 2! Thanks Alex for the video and gadgetoid for the link!

 ![IMG_20170915_141732](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/3/3519cd77ea3e9b4873bba159ca2dba351fb87352.jpg)

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-driving-old-laptop-screen/5857/5 "2017-09-15T19:06:51Z")

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That’s fantastic :D Thanks for dropping back and showing us your display up and running!

This is why I \<3 this community, there’s more or less someone to answer any question and solve any problem.