also i just thought of this...if i power the lcd screen through the serial port i won't need to mess with the gpo or the power connector right?

im not too worried about soldering im going to have a friend do it

well the one i am looking at is the lcd4041. basically i just want to make it as thin as possible and have everything connect to the side.

i guess im weird and don't want mess with my box =D

anyways thanks for the info

how hard would it be to move the serial port on the lcd screen to the side? i want to make a small case that will hold an lcd screen but i want the port to mount on the side so the screen could lay flat on my desk. so how hard would it be to remove the current serial port and solder up some wires ba...