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David Cook replied to the thread Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver.I just tried it. I drowned the coil in superglue and let it sit for an hour. It is dry to the touch. Unfortunately, the coil whine is... -
David Cook replied to the thread Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver.One more thing... Here is JDW's video on how the Portable screen casing comes off / goes together. About 15 minutes 50 seconds into the...
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David Cook replied to the thread Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver.Some updates: 1. To see what I mean about the screen being nicely bright even with the slider quite low, look at the final picture of...
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David Cook replied to the thread Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver.I just tested the current usage. I disconnected one of the wires going to the LED strip itself and inserted my multimeter in amp mode...
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David Cook replied to the thread Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver.Correct. For the first item, I've ordered a couple of other small step-up converters to test. There is one other possible negative...
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David Cook posted the thread Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver in Macintosh Portable.I bought a backlit Macintosh Portable (M5126) that needed a recap and minor cleanup. Upon powering up, everything initially worked...
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.If you post a copy of your drive image (whatever is the smallest that exhibits the symptoms), I'll try it on my Toby card and Mac II.
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.I'm not giving up on this. I swear I've seen it before. Based on Apple's ROM code, highlighting was really tricky and there were a lot...
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.Did you use the same disk image on the II as the IIci? Just to rule out a software / OS issue. Can you describe this further? Is this...
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.That's crazy. Definitely related to highlight. What system version?
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.Try changing the highlight color in the Color control panel (?) to something like yellow.
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.And, it is only scrambling inverted text. That's a clue. Have you tried booting with extensions disabled?
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David Cook replied to the thread Mac II Video glitch.Very interesting. It isn't the LCD. 1. Does it happen every single time in 256 mode? 2. Is the scrambled text always scrambled the...
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David Cook replied to the thread VRAM - more speed, or just more colors?.As everyone has mentioned so far, adding VRAM generally increases the maximum number of colors and resolution only. However, on...
