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#468828 - 09/23/06 01:36 PM iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
mxlews Registered: 06/22/05 Posts: 194	Can it be done? I have an iBook G4 14" LCD inverter board, and recently picked up a free KDS 15" LCD with a blown microprocessor on the inverter board which is causing it not to work properly. I'd really like to get this thing fixed up, what can I do?
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#468829 - 09/23/06 03:34 PM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	I'm not an electrical engineer, but I don't believe an inverter board should need any microprocessors. You may have a busted controller board. This will be fairly unique to your LCD, so would need a like for like replacement. Sorry, I doubt very much the iBook inverter will do the job. If the blown board is just an inverter, it should have one connector for power and one or more similar (2 pin) connectors for the backlight(s). If it has a cable running data to the LCD (this will have quite a few pins), its a controller board.
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#468830 - 09/23/06 03:58 PM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
mxlews Registered: 06/22/05 Posts: 194	I know what it is. It's an inverter board. One of the chips on it is blown, and it seems to be a unique one.
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#468831 - 09/23/06 06:52 PM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	Then I suspect you're out of luck. I replaced the inverter/controller board in my Formac LCD. Got a replacement direct from the manufacturers. Perhaps you could do the same.
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#468832 - 09/24/06 12:19 PM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
krusher117 Registered: 05/30/04 Posts: 1016	Originally Posted By: "Waragainstsleep " Then I suspect you're out of luck. I replaced the inverter/controller board in my Formac LCD. Got a replacement direct from the manufacturers. Perhaps you could do the same. Don't they rip you off on that stuff?
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#468833 - 09/24/06 01:40 PM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	Well the display was free, so it was worthwhile for me. I would have had to pay more for a working used one.
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#468834 - 09/27/06 06:55 PM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
mxlews Registered: 06/22/05 Posts: 194	<[censored] from the manufacturer. I need to find an alternate inverter that is more readily available that will work with this thing or can be modded to.
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#468835 - 09/28/06 07:20 AM Re: iBook inverter board w/KDS LCD? [Re: Faggot]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	It was worth a try. Maybe the service centre will sell you one?
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