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TL;DR: I have three non-matching but same size and resolution laptop lcd's. Can I build them into a single three panel monitor in the same way you can do a single panel one? What are the problems I'm looking at and how might I fix them? So it's about time to go back to school, and this time I'm...

New laptop. Replaced 1TB HDD w/ 500GB Samsung 850 EVO. Opened bios. Saw SMART Self Test option. Looked up. Learned it's for HDD monitoring. Thought disabling might be good. For all of the many reasons that I could not think of. Opened Toms. Are there advantages to enabling it? Are there...

So I'm trying to frankentein a fan into my sister's new-to-her desktop (actually a 4 year old retired till computer...) because all it's got is a rear exhaust fan. I tried a 12V 0.18A Foxconn fan, but it was a freakin jet engine wannabe. I have several more I'm gonna try. One is a giant fan from...

I saved the nicest 6 for doing exactly this >:} And Dany, I guess I forgot to say this, but I live in Themiddleofgoddamnowhere, Canada, and there really isn't much market for this stuff, especially considering its so old. Nobody would even pay the shipping costs on most of this stuff. But...

Alright, just gonna assume they're all dirt then.

Copied and pasted from earlier: I've been given a load of computers and other electronics, and I need to deal with them. I don't have the storage space so they get in the way. Edit: Deleted useless WoT. I've dealt with miscellaneous stuff. Just wondering whether a couple of these cards might...

So apparently you can buy controller boards and use them to run laptop lcd's, which was what I was wondering about. Might save a couple to try that out.

Sounds like some pretty good advice guys, thanks! Unfortunately none of the laptops are in any sort of conditional to sell as working except possibly for the one.Of the older desktops I have a few more or less working. I can get into the bios, anyway. I haven't gotten into the newer ones yet...

I wish my school had a computer program, but no, nothing there. I don't know about any boys & girls clubs, not sure what a thrift store would want with old broken laptops. Thanks though. Maybe on some of the desktop parts, but honeslty I would feel bad charging money for any of this crap. I...

Right now, laptops. I have 16 old-@ss laptops, and I'm not really sure what to do with them. These are my thoughts right now: 1 Do a thorough tear down of each one. I have minimal experience with laptops, all I've done is replaced the cooling apparatus on my main laptop. I'm not actually sure...

I've been given a load of computers and other electronics, and I need to deal with them. I don't have the storage space so they get in the way. I'm 18 and moving out to go to school this fall. One of my father's friends ran a small computer repair business, and was winding down because he...

Alright, thanks a lot guys. I'll try that backup program, and make sure it works with a test. Maybe I'll get another ssd in the future to put my OS on, too.

Ok guys, I got it set up. I also used the opportunity to install windows in full UEFI mode. Now, Ronintexas, I'm sorry, you obviously know what you're talking about and I've read threads that you've helped with, but I'm still gonna keep my OS on the ssds like an idiot. What I want to do is have...

-Sorry it's been so long, but I posted that just before leaving for my hockey game.- Thanks for the replys guys. I understand that the difference in speed between raid and separate, while large, isn't really a difference maker at all. But I'm 16, so I'm really doing this for the experience, as a...