portable 360 power problems

[casper7]

heres the deal, my screen is not getting enough power. i have it and the speaker amp wired to the 360s power brick. the one in use is 150w and is the one that came with the xbox. i have a spare 175w! if i used that one do you think it would work? i did it like the how to so i didnt think it was drawing power away from one thing or the other also i have an old 203w brick if that would be better

[vskid]

Just try it, it can't hurt anything. Hopefully it is a lack of power that is causing the problem, so the other bricks should fix it.

[bassmasta]

Did you wire it like this? (Just confirming)

Maybe the screen takes 14v or a higher voltage. The way the guide goes works because the monitor Ben uses takes 12v and 5v, the same voltages as the 360 (Check for the number on your LCD power board).

Also, did you cut your power board?

[casper7]

didn't split the board, just ran the wires. i can see its 12v going from the power board to the vga board if that is what you ment. also my speakers have a 120v in and 9v out connected to the same spot. gonna try the 203v brick later and see if it helps.

[bassmasta]

didn't split the board, just ran the wires. i can see its 12v going from the power board to the vga board if that is what you ment. also my speakers have a 120v in and 9v out connected to the same spot. gonna try the 203v brick later and see if it helps.

how did you run the wires?

[casper7]

prety much the same way as the how to just didnt split the board. removed the plug adapter and soldered wires form the board to the brick

[casper7]

well the 203v brick didnt help. may just hook the cord back up. not what i wanted to do but not sure what else to do. was thinking it might b the lack of third prong (ground) but i emailed ben and he said i shouldnt need it. wouldnt know where to hook it up any way with the 360 brick only having 2 prongs.

[collinE]

what gauge wires are you using from the power supply up to the monitor? It could be too small.

[casper7]

its eather 12 or 14. think its 12 starting to think i might of pulled a wire loose for the back light. gonna check it out in the morning when i have some time to my self to take the lcd further apart

[casper7]

probobly should of mentioned this befor but it worked befor i extended the wires from the lcd power board to the vga board. also extended wires from the screen to the power board. think they are for the back light. i used a biger guage wire so not sure why that would affect any thing.

[vskid]

also extended wires from the screen to the power board. think they are for the back light.

Are they pink and white? All the backlight wires I've ever seen were pink and white.

[collinE]

backlight wires really don't like to be messed with. thetwojsomething said that if the two sets of extened wires touched, it doesn't turn on. If they are too close to the LCD, it doesn't turn on. That why he had to run the wires up over his recent 360 laptop and keep them separated like they are. something about the proximity of the wires to the LCD.

shorten the wires back up and see if it turns on again.

[casper7]

was thinking of that but was really hopen not to have to do that for the way i was gonna set it up. was hopen not to have to split the board but guess if i have to. just hope it will fit in the top half of my case. really dont want to have to buy more sintra! thanks for the tip though. not sure how soon i will be able to get to it. will keep you posted

[Gaz.]

Have you modified any of the circuitry in the monitor other than desoldering the "mains" supply recepticle? if so you should be able to run cables to the "mains" recepticle in the brick, to test it just hook it directly to the wall socket (via plug ofcourse)

[casper7]

accadently broke a backlight so waiting for it to get here. keep running into problems doin this thing! tryn to stay positave. i can do this