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Reply With Quoteyou should have no problems with the power.
extending the data lines can be tricky, the quality degredation will depend on length, your connection skill, and noise introduced.
I have a laptop I've disassembled for use in my car, but have a small problem with the lenght of the lines connecting the screen to the laptop...
I want to know if it's possible to lengthen the data cable somehow -- can i cut and splice longer lines in without degrading signal?
How about the power line? If I splice longer lines in there will there be an issue with power? I doubt this one will be effected as much my a splice than the data signal, but you never know.
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you should have no problems with the power.
extending the data lines can be tricky, the quality degredation will depend on length, your connection skill, and noise introduced.
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he's lucky that he has proper wires to extend, instead of the usual flattened copper on a plastic sheet.
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the length of your data cables should not be over 18 inches i think I've read. The controller for it is not powerfull enough to send a strong enough signal any further then that. That said, you can give it a try and you never know .. it might just work
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I tried making a 1 metre long cable, and it barely worked (I used an old ide ribbon cable as an extension)... There were juddery lines, random flashes, it wasn`t very good... It now works much better now its been chopped down to 12". I think timing and noise are your main issues here.
Hmm .. you mention using a old ide ribbon as an extension. How did you go about this? These wires are small so I'm not too thrilled about all this chopping up.
-Brad
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7" Lilliput w/Touch, 150 W Opus, 2.4ghz P4 533fsb, 512 DDR 333mhz, GPS, WiFi Inet, 40g Maxtor 7200rpm, Laptop DVD/CD-RW w/USB2.0 Bridge, WinXP Pro.
What I did was remove the IDE plugs from each end of my ide cable. I then went on to solder hirose plugs on each end of the cable... It was very very fiddly, but i managed.
Pardon my ignorance .. but what is a hirose plug?
-Brad
83 mp320i
99 mp323i
_________
7" Lilliput w/Touch, 150 W Opus, 2.4ghz P4 533fsb, 512 DDR 333mhz, GPS, WiFi Inet, 40g Maxtor 7200rpm, Laptop DVD/CD-RW w/USB2.0 Bridge, WinXP Pro.
Hirose is a brand name of 20-160 pin plugs that are very small...most LCDs seem to use one size. (except mine)
I also have foot long ide cables extending my LCD signals...I used bigger wire with a high voltage rating (more insulation to prevent arcing). I had to connect it to the POS plastic flat ribbon...so I have 3 bad connections...two cause a 'ghosting' effect on the lower half of the screen, the other causes the screen to go blank on occasion.
Luckily you have wires...be grateful!
Can someone point me towards a 20-pin Hirose connector? Would be sweet to use an ide cable for the extension, but have 2 hirose connectors on each end of the ide cable so i just have to "plug it in" to the existing connector... is this possible or am I dreaming?
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