good morning
i have acquired two tv's (plv16190)
one comes on and when hooked to a computer works sometimes other times the screen is distorted like the controller has a memory chip problem like the old video cards use to do after they have been over heated.
the second one has the red power light and when you push the power button the power light blinks but the tv doesn't come on.
these are cheep off brand sold cheep on black Friday specials. i'm thinking that both are bad controller cards and the psu's are fine no sings of bad caps, the psu has 12v coming out, there are two more connections marked dim and blk does any one know how i could light up the screen with out the controller board i'm assuming the dim and blk is what turns on the lights i find no voltage on those pins. should i apply 12v or 5v etc...........?
connector psu to control board
12v
12v
12v
gnd
gnd
gnd
dim
blk
psu board has the cathode connection
i have found a controller board that should work to make this tv a monitor
i have acquired two tv's (plv16190)
one comes on and when hooked to a computer works sometimes other times the screen is distorted like the controller has a memory chip problem like the old video cards use to do after they have been over heated.
the second one has the red power light and when you push the power button the power light blinks but the tv doesn't come on.
these are cheep off brand sold cheep on black Friday specials. i'm thinking that both are bad controller cards and the psu's are fine no sings of bad caps, the psu has 12v coming out, there are two more connections marked dim and blk does any one know how i could light up the screen with out the controller board i'm assuming the dim and blk is what turns on the lights i find no voltage on those pins. should i apply 12v or 5v etc...........?
connector psu to control board
12v
12v
12v
gnd
gnd
gnd
dim
blk
psu board has the cathode connection
i have found a controller board that should work to make this tv a monitor
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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