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#460549 - 08/09/05 09:19 AM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
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Registered: 08/09/05
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yes it supports dual screen display and supports mirroring as well as spanning,

hmm more info to think about now it seems tho

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#460550 - 08/09/05 10:06 AM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
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Signal going to the LCD is most likly going to be LVDS, or some version of that 'standard', but you would then need to convert that to vga. Not an easy task I imagine.


i have actually seen relatively inexpensive adapters taking an LVDS signal to vga svga xga etc..

i need some hard facts..know the parts?

does anyone know where i can get information on the adapters/interconnects used to connect the ibooks tft to the logic board, i need ideally the manufacturer/s of the part/s part name/s etc..

i have been trying to track info via apple.com, repair manuals, ati etc on the specifications of the ibooks tft display and how it interfaces...

if it is just that - a LVDS - i know what im after, but i REALLY need to track down in some technical paper the details...

do any of u guys/gals know how to get the details on the April 2003 14" iBook 900 MHz logic board and its interconnects?

http://www.powerbooktech.com/knowledge,name-Display-Cabling,type-6.htm

been looking at the ibook monitor stripped at this site, does anyone recognise parts used in the invertor? could hook up something from an ibook lcd's invertor to a vga monitor perhaps?

i know it could be pricey, im just researching!!

laugh

thanx for the replys guys!!

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#460551 - 08/09/05 11:44 AM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
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Registered: 08/09/05
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stan has taken apart his ibook to repair his flickering screen, completely off topic but it does provice links to service manuals and cofirms the cable names

http://rabu.homeunix.net/~stan/ibook/ibook.html

notably:

Low Voltage Data Bus (digital information to draw the screen)
The microphone cable
Backlight Power and Control (at right)
and somewhere in there also is the airport antennae

so the signal is taken to the: Low Voltage Data Bus > lcd

im realising more and more i need a custom piece of equipment, but i am still interested as to how the signal is passed to the lcd, heh call me insane or whatever but its going to be done regardless.

looking at stans page i notice that there is a backlight power and control, this only works for the lcd and not the vga monitor connected via the adapter mentioned before for a secondary display...

wondering if it could be ditched, hell my monitors never been adjusted before really, only in vain hope of trying to get more juice out the ibooks battery..

hmm

back to the old google box methinks...

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#460552 - 08/09/05 01:23 PM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
krusher117 Offline


Registered: 05/30/04
Posts: 1016
I have the flickering screen issue.....I've started a new thread....any help would be appreciated.

My problem thread http://www.macmod.com/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,29/func,view/catid,10/id,5675/#5675

Post edited by: krusher117, at: 2005/08/09 13:27

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#460553 - 08/09/05 02:00 PM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
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Registered: 02/13/05
Posts: 1723
I posted on your new thread, but I haven't posted on this one before.

LCD panels always have custom outputs to run them. They are rerely interchangeable. Unless you know build both LCDs and graphics cards from scratch (IE design your own and build them), you are unlikely to get anywhere with hunting for pinouts to do the mod you want. Your only real chance is if you can find a standalone external LCD monitor with VGA or LCD which uses the exact same panel as you have. Then you can pin map from your mobo to the converter boards etc which are packed into external LCDs to enable them to run on VGA or DVI. But this is just as much of a needle in a haystack as finding the pinouts for your graphics chip in the first place, since very few people bother to dissasseble their LCDs, and even fewer post the make and models of the panel on the net for you.

I've been trying to find a way to use a G4 iMac (17")and/or G4 PowerBook (15") screen as an external. The principle is really the same......

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#460554 - 08/09/05 05:56 PM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
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Registered: 03/01/04
Posts: 1468
zzz, have you taken a look at the service manual?

try - http://eserviceinfo.com
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#460555 - 08/09/05 07:48 PM Re:ibook display [Re: Juinkveilibub]
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Most laptops i've cracked open have the company that built the part/s name on it. Eather a sticker or on the circut board itself. Just get the part number and the company that made it and just google it and you might fine what you need.

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