So you have found my website, and.......you want to know how to build a LCD frame from a laptop......well perhaps this is not the most substantiated description (although it is long winded) of how on the internet, but this is how I blagged my way through it! I have to admit it scared me all the way through and at every reboot I was just waiting for the explosion.......and so now I have filled you with confidence read on and don't be frightened it's a walk in the park.......probably.

I can't remember where I first stumbled upon an LCD picture frame converted from a laptop but I remember reading about the ones you could buy from the shops.  I always thought they were way overpriced and to be honest pretty tacky! Besides what's the point of having a photo slideshow on your wall or mantelpiece when it only measures 6 x 4, someone pass my binoculars....thanks.  One thing I do remember is where I found the resources I needed to tackle making one myself and if you haven't already found it you should check out http://likelysoft.com/hacks/pictureframes.shtml which lists numerous other DPF's (that's Digital Picture Frames, for you folks not in the know and just happened by the miracle of Google to stumble across this excellent webpage!) On that page is a link to a humorous and detailed description of one mans mission to make such a frame and it is from his description I drew my inspirations.....his name is Joe Willet and you can see his project here http://www.ferhoodle.com/ As I neared the end of my project I also found this website http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_picture_frame.html which also contains further excellent  DPF reading.

I guess their really aren't enough geeky people to either a) be bothered with making a DPF, b)  to scared to make a DPF or c) not bother to document and publish their DPF findings on the net. Why.......because of a worldwide population of 6.6 billion (according to wikipedia), on the aforementioned websites there are less than 80 guides of peoples experiences, fellow DPF'ers may I congratulate us on being a minority!

OK enough rambling lets get on with, only further to say, I am no electronics expert, I know which is positive and which is negative on a battery and red means danger, but that's about it. So if you're an idiot, like me, you too can make one of these.  I do however take no responsibility if things go wrong in any way WHATSOEVER IF you follow my shallow guide to making a DPF, the worst I did was burn myself with some hot glue to the finger and a solder iron scorch mark, it hurt like a......well, burn I suppose.....but I'm here to tell the tale!

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