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Tablet PC screen salvage for use as an input device?

I have a Toshiba Tecra M4 which no longer works. It doesn't even get passed bios boot-up before lines jarble the screen and then it locks up. The certified Toshiba repair store confirmed my suspicion that it's a video card / motherboard issue. The tablet is passed its warranty and I cannot afford to replace it.

I want to salvage the screen as an external input device for my desktop PC, i.e., a graphics pad. I would be interested in a solution that allows use as a second monitor at the same time so I have the same video feedback while drawing as I did with my tablet, but I would be content with wacom-type functionality as well.

I need direction for the disassembly, ''reassembly'' to the PC, and what software tweaks I would have to make to my regular desktop Windows XP in order to use the salvaged tablet PC screen as an input device.

I would also accept a Linux solution.

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