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LCD notepad mod

-Thrilla-

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N.Vancouver, BC, Canada
Processor AMD Opteron 144 skt 939
Motherboard DFI SLi-DR
Cooling Stock Heatpipe + Coolermaster heatpipe
Memory OCZ Plat EL Rev.2 2x 512 dual channel
Video Card(s) XFX 6600gt PCI-Ex 128 with Arctic Silencer
Storage Western Digital 80gig IDE
Display(s) Samsung 19" LCD
Case Tisonic Breeze
Audio Device(s) On board
Power Supply Enermax Noisetaker v2 470watts
Sorry for the pic quality.... I lost my camera...

I have 2 broken (I didn't break them lol) 17" LCDs, both have cracked screens, one wont even turn on and the other had a burnt power inverter too.

So, I took them apart, found out that they have a thick sheet of glass and some plastics under it, and of course, backlights. I removed everything else and used it as a dry erase board lol, very handy I must say.

I had some free time tonight, so I thought why not make it even better by using the backlight, and after some modding this is what I got.

A case mod cold cathode power inverter, 4 working CCFL (2 lights at a time, inverter only has 2 outlets.)


Notepad off, with a swiss knife for size reference.
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Modded inverter with a plug on top, dual outlets.
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1 CCFL on each side connected
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Plugged in
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Pin layout with a sheet of blank paper over it for tracing
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Nice and even shine, only wish my camera was here lol
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Dry erase pens
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Dry erased, pretty clean marks
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one man's trash is another man's treasure, good work.
 
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