Finding an extra +12v

[gen2fish]

I have an idea for a computer mod, and all is going well save for one thing. I need to find an extra +12v to power this addition. Any ideas where I can find it in my laptop?

[vskid]

What are you doing and what model is the laptop? Laptops have very little standardization, so what works for one probably won't work for any others.

[gen2fish]

I have a crazy idea of adding another monitor to a laptop

I found a controller card here;
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and need +12v to power it. I will be testing it on a HP Craptop dv6000


Thanks for your quick reply too!

[gen2fish]

Let me rephrase, I'm not looking for where on my specific motherboard would I find it. I am asking for how I would go about finding it. Would it be best to pull straight from the battery, or find an alternate source attached to a device. Could I tap into my USB ports? Just some ideas and how I would go about testing for it would be great.

[thewise1]

Usb ports only put out 5v, so that won't work. You could just use a multimeter, but going around probing stuff while it's on is a good way to short something. You best bet is to go straight from the battery and add a switch.

Although this depends on what the voltage of the battery is, and what voltage the screen takes. You can usually run a screen on lower power then it says. You may be able to run the screen off of 5 volts, depending on how big it is. Say your screen only needs 5 volts to run and less then 500mA, then you can run it from usb.