Re: Help converting an old monitor into a lightbox

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay, i didn't get a chance to take clear photos until this evening, i hope that these will help.

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The model of monitor escapes me i'm afraid. I stripped this down during my lunchbreak at work, and all the plastics, stand etc, went in the skip when we moved office.

This is the ic on the bottom of the psu board: [url]http://www.datasheetcafe.com/0z9938gn-datasheet-pdf-controller/[/url]

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Re: Help converting an old monitor into a lightbox

I found this schematic for a similar (I think) power supply and located the bl on pin.

[url]http://www.eserviceinfo.com/downloadsm/52601/BenQ_Q7C4.html[/url]

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Re: Help converting an old monitor into a lightbox

Hi Pete, thanks for the reply!

I'm looking at the bottom of the power board now and no such luck, the pinout isn't labeled. Would this be on the ten pin cable between the power supply board and the controller? Is there a standard wire colour?

Hi,

This is my first post here so apologies if this is in the wrong place, or even the wrong forum! Looking around i can tell there is a lot of knowledge here on the subject.

I managed to procure an old monitor from work which I'm trying to convert into a light box for drawing. I've found threads and videos of this being done using a separate power supply to feed the inverter boards, but I'm hoping that i can use the monitors own power supply to do this.

The monitor is an old one with two cfl's.

I've stripped down the monitor to the...

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Hi there,

Pleased to meet y'all.

I have some experience modifying/building valve amplifiers & music equipment, and I'm trying to bring my electronics skills and knowledge into the 21st century.

My current project is converting an old LCD monitor with CFL's into a lightbox so I'm looking for some advice and will (hopefully) make a thread about it in the appropriate place soon.

Thanks in advance for the hints and tips!