Hello 1
I have 6 dead LCDs on my hand, all due to backlighting problems.
They are of different brands, from samsung to toshiba to whathaveyous.
They ranges from size 15 to 21 in.
Need to know where to get the inverters from them ? Is there a "one size fits all" type of LCD inverter that I can use of all 6 of my dead LCDs ?
Please help !
Thanks !
No, you need an exact replacement inverter, specific not so much to the LCD panel as to the monitor or laptop into which the panel is being installed. The only connection between the inverter and the panel is two wires to each lamp (most smaller LCD panels have one lamp, most larger ones have two lamps). The more involved connections are to the controller for controlling lamp on and off and brightness.
Either get the inverter as a spare part from the device mfgr. (again, the maker of the device that this goes into, not the maker of the LCD panel that it's used with), or buy one used off E-Bay or from some other source. Match up the part numbers, and/or be sure that the replacement is physically identical.
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Barry Watzman wrote in news:46236c94$0$8974$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:
Agreed. I've rarely worked on those but they are made on custom boards to fit VERY exacting and confined spaces. Trying to bypass going direct to the maker's supplies will cost more (in time, effort, plus cash) than paying what they ask. So much so that this might be why they charge so much. They know damn well they can get that money. And they might not cost that much anyway, they can't fleece a repair person quite as closely and ruthlessly as they can fleece a member of the public who doesn't know that a £90 PSU is really worth £30 or less.
Look at the firm's product line though. To save money they might use the same custom board in many machines. You might find a low-end version cheap, and save money if you don't want a regular supply of bits. Still worth just paying up front though, unless you've got the time and attention of a repairer of laptops and such.
So as I said above, go to the link I posted, and take a look. They have a very comprehensive inventory of both ccfl tubes and inverters at reasonable prices, and the exact ones required, may well be available from stock, without having to try to pry replacements out of the original equipment manufacturers, whilst not holding a spares account with them ... Even if you can't see the exact one that you want, a company such as this which specialises in these spares, could probably cross-reference for you, and locate a suitable replacement, which may indeed be used in someone else's product.
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"Arfa Daily" wrote in news:2sOUh.11269$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net:
True. CPC are good with that way of working. I guess once any part is often enough wanting a replacement, there's a market, and the companies might prefer to sell stocks to other firms to do this, if it saves the original firm the hassle. I don't actually know how these patterns of trade work, but it's useful that they do.
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