I managed to do it. Fantastic result - I now have an Intel core i5 barebone PC with excellent chiclet keyboard and the best touchpad there could be.
If anyone is planning on doing this as well with a broken screen mac:
- Do a complete teardown and remove the screen
- Be very careful opening the screen and remove the iSight camera from the screen unit
- Unscrew the hinges and plastic bar from the screen
- re-assemble without screen unit, just hinges and the plastic bar
- you will need to leave the display connector and the iSight camera "dangling out" at the back, for all the rest you would not notice the thing actually had a screen
Works great. Now I just need to find an elegant solution to house the iSight camera. I was thinking about just cutting off the cables, but it would be a shame, as it is fully functional.
Guys,
I managed to do it. Fantastic result - I now have an Intel core i5 barebone PC with excellent chiclet keyboard and the best touchpad there could be.
If anyone is planning on doing this as well with a broken screen mac:
- Do a complete teardown and remove the screen
- Be very careful opening the screen and remove the iSight camera from the screen unit
- Unscrew the hinges and plastic bar from the screen
- re-assemble without screen unit, just hinges and the plastic bar
- you will need to leave the display connector and the iSight camera "dangling out" at the back, for all the rest you would not notice the thing actually had a screen
Works great. Now I just need to find an elegant solution to house the iSight camera. I was thinking about just cutting off the cables, but it would be a shame, as it is fully functional.
Cheers
Liam