Gamecube intec lcd

Post by **gannon** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 2:12 pm

Yeah, I bought one on ebay for pretty cheap and I just got it in.
It's a little thicker than I would have hoped it to be though, and also it runs on 12V.
So I guess its a good screen for my n64p or ps2p projects, although it would have been nice if it ran on 7.2V, I guess this means that I don't have to build a timed switch for my battery circuit.

Anyway, I noticed that the screen was only showing half of the image, so I checked out the back of the lcd and noticed that the header board was plugged into the lcd controll board and that when I pushed on the wires, the image would clear up and be fine. I decided to solder the header board directly to the controll board so I would get a better image, and it worked fine.

Stooge · Post by **Stooge** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:31 pm

Check if the screen has any 7805 voltage regulators maby it will run at 7.5v

Post by **gannon** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:49 pm

no, I tried to run it off of 8V and I couldn't get a good picture unless I put 12V into it.

diggerdanh · Post by **diggerdanh** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 4:50 pm

I got one, too. Hmmm, I guess I am a little disappointed. But I guess you can't expect too much for $25.

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:01 pm

I bought one too and they are kinda big. But since it was cheap I don't care as much. I'm glad that it runs off of 12v though because the Gamecube runs off of 12v too.

Post by **gannon** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:16 pm

Yeah, for anything that uses 12V they're nice.
Untill I get a nes ps2 mb or fix mine, I'm going to use the screen in my n64p. I have everything wired except for the controller right now.

MR.MOD · Post by **MR.MOD** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:35 pm

How did you get yours to run. I can't seem to get mine to run. What are you using to power it? I bought two and he sent me one interact black and one intec purple.

I can't get an image to appeare on both. What are you using to power it?

Post by **gannon** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:42 pm

I've used a couple of differen't power sources. Here's a list.
2-7.2V 2A rc batteries.
the n64 power supply
and a 12V 1A power supply.

Have you opened it up yet?
There is a switch on the right side to select either the gc cable or the phono input.

MR.MOD · Post by **MR.MOD** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:08 pm

I tried the n64 power suply and it worked great, thanks.

. I looked up the chip on the bottom video board where the power,video in/out is and the IC on the board is a chroma decoder. It converts composite video to RGB. Does any1 know where the RGB wires are?

Post by **gannon** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:23 am

Is that on the lcd or the n64?
I know the lcd has red, green, and blue wires going to it from the header board, and if those are actually rgb, that'd be nice.

MR.MOD · Post by **MR.MOD** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:49 pm

The chip is on the lcd. Not the screen part but the bottom pcb part. There are some variable resisters a crystal. Underneath the board is a chip labeled AN5372S. This is the chroma decoder. It takes the composite video and makes it into RGB. If we could connect RGB directly to the lcd the qualaty would probably be better. Almost all consoles can output or can be

hacked to output RGB.

Post by **gannon** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:08 pm

yeah, I notice it now, I'm just wondering if it has anything to do with the red green and blue wires goign to the lcd itself.

skate kid · Post by **skate kid** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:55 am

Can I hook this up to a GBA?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:26 am

what are the ecact dimension of the LCD

Post by **gannon** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 2:34 pm

I'm not exactly sure, but the lcd module is around .75" thick. The thickness can be reduced by around .5 or so, but it would require replacing the backlight and resoldering a few components.