 Unbelievable Problem connecting LCD Monitor, No aparant Power input socket, Pictures suppliede. |
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  Jul 4 2009, 11:28 AM
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I bought a LCD Monitor at a boot sale and as it was identical to one I already had I didn't anticipate any problems. I could never have expected the one that arrose! When I attempted to connect it I found that there was no 12v 5a Power input socket. The monitor has no makers name but carries a Model and Serial number. It was manufactured in China in 2003 and has obviously been in use since. There must be some way to apply the power ? I will be most interested in any opinions and observations. I have made Photograph's which can be examined on line at the following website. http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor1.jpg (I Hope that at least one of these links work) I wanted to share something on Photobucket with you: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor1.jpg As I am new to this forum I can only hope that I have not done anything against the forum rules. Dennis Edit: Moved topic from General Chat to the more appropriate forum. ~ Animal EDIT: Fixed link - I hope This post has been edited by garmanma: Jul 4 2009, 03:32 PM |
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Jul 4 2009, 12:47 PM
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 Bleepin' Animinion Group: Site Admin Posts: 9,659 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Now On... Member No.: 31,547 |
QUOTE(Dennis Leefarr @ Jul 4 2009, 09:28 AM)  This is the second time of posting, after a few replies the page just dissapeared or was removed. Better luck this time! Unfortunately I don't have a reply to your issue as I do not have the knowledge in that area. However I do want to address the concerns you mention which I have quoted. I have not seen the post that you mention disappearing. If you look under your name at the left as of this reply you have a total of 3 posts. All which I can account for. The one I am replying to here and the two in this thread: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ind...p;#entry1293554 which are posts #1 and #3. Did you post it under another account. It has not been counted and I cannot find a 'fourth' post to know it even existed. So I can say with certainty the post you claim to have disappeared has not been moved or deleted. For whatever reason it did not make it to this forum. I hope I have been able to partially answer the mystery of your post. And best of luck on your issue. I have confidence someone will be able to help you. -------------------- The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. Andrew Brown  "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams. Become a BleepingComputer fan: Facebook |
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Jul 4 2009, 04:03 PM
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 Who is running the store? Group: Members Posts: 2,372 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Tampa Bay Area, Florida, USA Member No.: 42,052 |
It would certainly help if you showed us the back of the monitor
and also what the end of the cable plug looks like. --------------------  I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant! |
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Jul 4 2009, 04:47 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(JohnWho @ Jul 4 2009, 04:03 PM) It would certainly help if you showed us the back of the monitor and also what the end of the cable plug looks like. The link to 'Photobucket 'clearly' shows the 'Back,Bottom and Front' of the monitor the only lead emerging is the standard 'Blue' plug terminated one which connects to the computer. Dennis |
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Jul 4 2009, 05:57 PM
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Some links are missing.
Does the access panel best seen in this one: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor3.jpg open to reveal anything? -------------------- Pleased to have been a Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2007/8, 2008/9
Socrates' answer to Schroedinger: "The unexamined cat is not living" |
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Jul 4 2009, 06:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 20-November 08 From: New Jersey Member No.: 258,923 |
Actually, both links in your first post go only to your "Monitor1.jpg" phot -- a photo of the monitor from the front.
I used a little intuition and figured that you might have used the same naming scheme for other photos and came up with: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor2.jpg and http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor3.jpg I can see the voltage requirements on the tag, and no line or jack for a power supply. None of your photos (that I've found) show the plug at the end of the single cable. Does it look standard? Assuming that there's no hidden access behind a removable panel, I'd guess the power connection must be in that cable. EDIT: Platypus beat me to it. This post has been edited by Capn Easy: Jul 4 2009, 06:02 PM |
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Jul 5 2009, 12:37 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(Capn Easy @ Jul 4 2009, 06:01 PM) Actually, both links in your first post go only to your "Monitor1.jpg" phot -- a photo of the monitor from the front. I used a little intuition and figured that you might have used the same naming scheme for other photos and came up with: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor2.jpg and http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor3.jpg I can see the voltage requirements on the tag, and no line or jack for a power supply. None of your photos (that I've found) show the plug at the end of the single cable. Does it look standard? Assuming that there's no hidden access behind a removable panel, I'd guess the power connection must be in that cable. The thought had struck be that as there is no other input connection other than the 'Line in and Line out sockets' that the only other alternative was the standard monitor connecting cable. However the blue plug at the end of this is the usual one which connects to the computer and standard in every way, that is why I didn't include it in the picture. If this connector were to carry the 12v 5a 'monitor input' it would mean that the computer would have to supply 12v 5a . I have never heard of this arrangement and every LCD monitor I have been in contact with has its own external power block. Has anyone ever heard of this alternative arrangement? Dennis EDIT: Platypus beat me to it. |
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Jul 5 2009, 12:48 PM
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hey dennis, noticed you were online and thought this would be a good time to grab you, i have heard of computer powering screens, but the computer has to have quite a large power supply, i actually used to have one like this, but the screen was rather pathetic, i think because there is obviously a limit on what you can draw out of a computer power supply without overloading the socket it is plugged into.
This post has been edited by frank_cheese: Jul 5 2009, 01:04 PM -------------------- Failure is not an option, it comes as Standard with all Windows Operating Systems
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Jul 5 2009, 03:28 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(frank_cheese @ Jul 5 2009, 12:48 PM) hey dennis, noticed you were online and thought this would be a good time to grab you, i have heard of computer powering screens, but the computer has to have quite a large power supply, i actually used to have one like this, but the screen was rather pathetic, i think because there is obviously a limit on what you can draw out of a computer power supply without overloading the socket it is plugged into. Thanks for the comment Frank, much appreciated. Dennis |
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Jul 5 2009, 03:32 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(Platypus @ Jul 4 2009, 05:57 PM) Some links are missing. Does the access panel best seen in this one: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor3.jpg open to reveal anything? Sorry that I don't seem to have got the hang of posting pictures on 'PhotoBucket' yet but 'Captn Easy' seems to have found a way arround my omissions. Dennis This post has been edited by Dennis Leefarr: Jul 5 2009, 03:45 PM |
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Jul 5 2009, 03:40 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(Dennis Leefarr @ Jul 5 2009, 03:32 PM) QUOTE(Platypus @ Jul 4 2009, 05:57 PM) Some links are missing. Does the access panel best seen in this one: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab173/D...rr/Monitor3.jpg open to reveal anything? The only removable access Panel at the top right of the back, when removed shows only a metal plate. Sorry that I don't seem to have quite got the hang of posting pictures on 'PhotoBucket' yet but 'Captn' seems to have found a way arround my omissions. Dennis |
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Jul 6 2009, 07:02 AM
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Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,268 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Australia Member No.: 52,817 |
QUOTE(Dennis Leefarr @ Jul 5 2009, 02:28 AM) I bought a LCD Monitor ... as it was identical to one I already had How is the one you already have powered? -------------------- Pleased to have been a Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2007/8, 2008/9
Socrates' answer to Schroedinger: "The unexamined cat is not living" |
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Jul 7 2009, 05:13 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(Platypus @ Jul 6 2009, 07:02 AM) QUOTE(Dennis Leefarr @ Jul 5 2009, 02:28 AM) I bought a LCD Monitor ... as it was identical to one I already had How is the one you already have powered? The 19" identical monitor is powered in the conventional manner with the power input socket on the metal strip at the back bottom of the screen next to the main connecting cable. I had expected the 17" one to be the same. I was wrong. Dennis |
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Jul 8 2009, 07:07 AM
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Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,268 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Australia Member No.: 52,817 |
Ah, so they're not actually identical...
 A bit of research suggests you've got an eMachines Proview EM 170 TFT. If so there should be a socket on the back of the VGA plug on the end of that single cable, and a suitable power brick should have come with the monitor. A substitute could be found, as discussed in the topic below: http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6763 -------------------- Pleased to have been a Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2007/8, 2008/9
Socrates' answer to Schroedinger: "The unexamined cat is not living" |
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Jul 8 2009, 08:28 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-June 09 From: Hereford UK Member No.: 340,449 |
QUOTE(Platypus @ Jul 8 2009, 07:07 AM) Ah, so they're not actually identical... A bit of research suggests you've got an eMachines Proview EM 170 TFT. If so there should be a socket on the back of the VGA plug on the end of that single cable, and a suitable power brick should have come with the monitor. A substitute could be found, as discussed in the topic below: http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6763 Platypus! You Clever devil, You win the prize. You have hit the nail on the head and you are absoloutely correct. There is the power input socket that I and all the others have been searching for 'Hiding' on the back of the Blue standard connector plug. I must have had a blindspot as I had not noticed it until you drew my attention to it.(You are the man) Sincere apreciation and thanks, Dennis |
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