Dell Laptop into Digital Photo Frame

Step 8 Touchpad and Side Wall Stand-offs

I thought it would be nice to have access to the touchpad, so it is being held to the masonite and can be slid to the top if need be. The Sides are partially covered by some white pine that has been painted to hide any of the guts from being seen (remember what I said about professionalism?)

Comments

[chrwei]

I've done a similar one but used a shadow box so it's completely enclosed. can even sit on a table top. some pictures of my process here http://gallery.free-source.com/gallery/LaptopFrame maybe I'll add an instructable for them. hard to believe I did that 2 years ago to a laptop that had a whole blown in the case from an exploded battery, been running great hanging on the wall!

[vorin]

i thought about going that route, but i feared the laptop would overheat, so i went this route since the internal components wouldn't be able to be seen from the front because of the painted wood on the side. Basically, it's closed in on the sides but not the top or bottom, so it can breathe.