Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
So now the question is: which other LCD fit exactly the display cable of the 10.4 TFT for the POwerBook 5300ce? Ben Sounds like what happens when you get a mismatch between LCD and logic board. AFAIK an inverter board powers the backlight, it has nothing to do with actually driving the

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
So now the question is: which other LCD fit exactly the display cable of the 10.4 TFT for the POwerBook 5300ce? You will almost certainly have to match the LCD with the one that was there originally. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk --

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
So now the question is: which other LCD fit exactly the display cable of the 10.4 TFT for the POwerBook 5300ce? You will almost certainly have to match the LCD with the one that was there originally. That's the point. This replacement TFT that I have received matches perfectly the

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
So now the question is: which other LCD fit exactly the display cable of the 10.4 TFT for the POwerBook 5300ce? You will almost certainly have to match the LCD with the one that was there originally. That's the point. This replacement TFT that I have received matches perfectly the

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
According to my very old notes the display was an LTM10C036 in the CE. -- let me check LMT10C027 bingo! What the heck is this .27? Ben I tried to plug this TFT on the 190 and I got distorted and duplicated image: impossible to go further. Ben -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
According to my very old notes the display was an LTM10C036 in the CE. let me check LMT10C027 What the heck is this .27? Well a google found this http://www.horizontechnology.com/view_lcd.php?id=3497 Which suggest it's a 640x480 TFT - so maybe that's the ones of the LCDs used

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
Sorted things out: this TFT is a 640 x 480 http://lcdsolar.com/results_rpsb.php?part_id=3592 It must be a 5300c TFC Is there any workaround to use it in the 5300ce motherboard? So why it does not work on the 190? While the 640 x 480 B/W display of a 190 works on the 5300ce? Ben --

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
this TFT is a 640 x 480 http://lcdsolar.com/results_rpsb.php?part_id=3592 It must be a 5300c TFC Is there any workaround to use it in the 5300ce motherboard? Set the CE to 640x480 maybe ? Have you looked back through the archives as I think this has been discussed before. So why it does

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-14 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
this TFT is a 640 x 480 http://lcdsolar.com/results_rpsb.php?part_id=3592 It must be a 5300c TFC Is there any workaround to use it in the 5300ce motherboard? Set the CE to 640x480 maybe ? It seems impossible, even by holding the alt (option) key while selecting the monitor

Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-13 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
Is the same? I pulled an inverter board from a 190 and put into a 5300ce: the screen shows 600x800 but the desktop is bigger so within the LCD (the LCD not the plastic frame...) I can only see a portion of the desktop. Ben -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: Inverter Board 5300 and 190

2005-08-13 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
Is the same? I pulled an inverter board from a 190 and put into a 5300ce: the screen shows 600x800 but the desktop is bigger so within the LCD (the LCD not the plastic frame...) I can only see a portion of the desktop. You got the correct LCD on that machine ? Sounds like what happens when