circuitman1989
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I have a 15inch flat panel LCD computer monitor that I want to make into video gaming screen. I have the old circuit boards out of a Intec 5.4inch PS2 gaming screen that has RCA inputs. After taking the Intec gaming screen apart I found that the screen itself is a "Sharp LM6Q401" (which has a VGA type input). But the control Circuit boards were made by Intec, so I can unplug them from the LCD screen. So I found the pinout for the Sharp LM6Q401 and then disconnected the wires (Noting which wires were Red, Green, Blue, Ground, Composite Sync, ect). then I found the pinout for the female VGA connector here... VGA pinout and wiring @ pinouts.ru I hooked all the grounds together since there is only one ground coming from the Intec gaming screen's control boards and hooked all the other wires to the proper pins in the VGA plug. I went to test everything and I turned the monitor on, but the monitor just went into "sleep" mode. I noticed on the website I said before the it mentions something about pin 9 being a "optional +5V output from graphics card". Would putting a positive 5volts to pin 9 keep the monitor from going into "sleep" mode? I would appreciate any help anyone can give.
P.S. the overall project I'm making is kinda like a super thick laptop, but instead of a computer it will have the guts of my old 'fat' Sony PS2 and old Nintendo Gamecube inside. I'm building a custom enclosure to house everything and I'm redesigning the monitor housing to flip up like a laptop does. I plan on making custom power regulators for everything so I can use a 14.4V laptop battery (maybe even two or three hooked together in parallel depending on how much current everything draws).
P.S.S. I have another question... the monitor has a internal power supply that takes standard household 120VAC and turns it into 15VDC and 5VDC. my question is can I run the 15VDC circuit stright off of the 14.4VDC battery(but still regulate the current) and not hurt the monitor?
thanks,
circuitman1989
P.S. the overall project I'm making is kinda like a super thick laptop, but instead of a computer it will have the guts of my old 'fat' Sony PS2 and old Nintendo Gamecube inside. I'm building a custom enclosure to house everything and I'm redesigning the monitor housing to flip up like a laptop does. I plan on making custom power regulators for everything so I can use a 14.4V laptop battery (maybe even two or three hooked together in parallel depending on how much current everything draws).
P.S.S. I have another question... the monitor has a internal power supply that takes standard household 120VAC and turns it into 15VDC and 5VDC. my question is can I run the 15VDC circuit stright off of the 14.4VDC battery(but still regulate the current) and not hurt the monitor?
thanks,
circuitman1989