Lcd Photo Frame or DPF (yet another!)

Nothing new here, just a different approach to an old trick.
Hoping to give it a better use to a lazy pressario 305 laptop.

Step 1 The machine and the frame

I inherited an ancient Compaq pressario 305 laptop, 64M Ram and 8G hard drive, running Xp.
I try different ideas in how to transform the machine into a DPF. In my first intent I messed up the inverter trying to extend the video and the power cables, so I went and replaced it with a used one from eBay, (no that bad $23.00).
With that bitter beginning I decided no to touch the laptop (meaning dissembled the electronics) and leave the machine intact. I try with a big custom made frame out of wood, not so good idea btw. It was too big. Later on I try with different photo frames, but it was to complicated and I wanted something more simple.

(the two openings at the bottom were made to put a couple prints, no so good idea either.)

As usual in my projects all the material are reused.

Comments

[rilokiley77]

I've got a busted up "lap top" that'd be perfect for this project. It already folds in half the way I'd need it! Thank you. Very minimalist. Very sleek.

[stephenniall]

This is very nice i love the wood used

[gamer]

...Covered in spelling and grammar errors... Read the WHOLE this over, correct all the errors, and then tell me... Thanks :-) -gamer

[arte.sano]

thanks Gamer and LinuxH4xor, I did this long time ago and very quickly, I hope it's better now, (bear with me, English is not first language.) Cheers

[gamer]

Thanks for correcting :-) Very nice Instructable, actually. Made through the process of trial and error. Thanks for posting... -gamer

[killerjackalope]

As an addition buy a cheap bluetooth adapter dongle, use your phone to control the slideshow...

[LinuxH4x0r]

Not bad, but it has lots of mistakes. I'd like to try this with an older mac laptop or mac mini considering it has a remote and a better system for viewing.