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By the way, I would like to thank everyone here on this thread; I fired up the power supply and it worked perfectly. I connected the right cables to the pins on the logic board and it fired up perfectly! So combining the pinout voltages mentioned in this thread and the links I posted previously, for those who want to just skip attempting to fix the power/inverter board and just supply power to the logic board and custom backlights on your own, everything you need is above in this thread ^^^^.

-Paul

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I feel like one can still make very elegant mods while also being as resourceful as possible. Just because I am using an unorthodox power supply for the logic board, doesn't mean my project is going to be crap.

For those interested in what I am making, here is what I am basically following:

[url]http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-6/[/url]Re: Dell e172FPb Actual Schematics<b...ant mods while...

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I second PlainBill's opinion. Every PC I've ever owned is in the basement waiting to be used for parts or as something else. As for the attached picture, it is very funny. Made my day, actually. I can see why you think it is clunky, and that is not something I truly care about. I got inspired by this guy:

[url]http://computerguru365.blogspot.com/2008/01/fix-that-lcd-flat-panel-monitor.html[/url]

But not because I want a giant box hanging off the back of my LCD monitor effectively turning it into the size of a CRT, but...

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^forgot to post the links lol here they are:

[url]http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply[/url]

I also noticed that because I am using a power supply from an old Dell, the colors don't apply since they use their own color scheme. Here is the reading on that:

[url]http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=339053[/url]Re: Dell e172FPb Actual Schematics<b...r-Supply[/url]

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also, does anyone know the current (amperage) limits of the logic board? I now (as I quoted a previous poster's contribution) know the pinout voltages for the logic board, and thanks to the below two links, I also know how to take a PC power supply and find the right cables that output the right voltages. But what about current? I have been warned by disclaimers in the below two links that the PC power supplies a lot of current- do I have to regulate this somehow?

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lol its ok i think i figured it out. its not a long thread but basically i figured out that no matter what the pins are numbered as, since 9 and 10 are 3.3v and 7 and 8 are 5v, then it doesn't matter the order.i feel like i didn't express myself well haha

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I, like some users on other threads, have been looking for the pinout voltages for the logic board so that I can create my own custom power supply. However, with this information, I am unsure of which pins are which. I know that pins 1,2,9,10 are labeled, but the numbering for the pins in the middle.. are they labeled so that all the odd number pins are one one side and the evens on the other? Or does the numbering go in a "zig-zag" style?

This is probably a very newbie question, I apologize in advance....