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    Drilling DVI port holes

    Is there any easy way of doing this?

    I have an X223HQ, wonderful monitor but held back by the naff VGA port. Sick of auto-adjusting the thing.

    I also have a pair of Iiyama E1706S monitors which are missing stands, hanging around doing nothing. So I dismantled one for the fun of it.

    The controller port board appears to be the DVI version of the board in the X223HQ. So I was thinking I could maybe turn it into an X213H? Just need to drill a hole somehow.

    All I really have is a drill with a milling bit from the JML screw extractor set.
    Dell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD
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    Re: Drilling DVI port holes

    Okay so I've connected the controller without drilling the whole just as a test. Got the problem I thought I may, it sees it as an E1706S with 1280x1024 resolution. The display is bloody good but is, of course, tiled. Is there any way of reprogramming it?
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      #3
      Re: Drilling DVI port holes

      Only if you can read the eeprom chips (if there are any), understand what each byte in it means and modify that, then maybe.

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        Re: Drilling DVI port holes

        Hmm. Only other thing I can think of is swapping the EEPROM chips. But then the main controller chip is completely different on the other board. :/

        I tried forcing 1920x1080 on it but all it does is flash "out of range".
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          #5
          Re: Drilling DVI port holes

          The display processor in that 17" monitor only supports 1280x1024 max. No way around it i'm afraid.
          Originally posted by PeteS in CA
          Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
          A working TV? How boring!

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            #6
            Re: Drilling DVI port holes

            Odd, the info sheet for it seemed to suggest it could do 1080p 60hz. Ah well I've given up anyway lol.

            Shame really cause it looked pretty amazing on DVI.

            Cheers
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              #7
              Re: Drilling DVI port holes

              Bump to this. Is there any chance it's possible?

              The exact same board that could only output 1280x1024 is being used in monitors up to 23". So surely it's being limited by the EDID chips?

              Reason I ask is I have a W1907V that I'd like to upgrade to DVI. The board it has is a PTB-1769, which there is a DVI version of, but costs £30 :/

              Is there no way at all of transplanting the EEPROM chips (24C02WP on both boards)?
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                Re: Drilling DVI port holes

                Originally posted by spleenharvester View Post
                Is there no way at all of transplanting the EEPROM chips (24C02WP on both boards)?
                I'd say just try it and see what happens.

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