Old LCD PC monitor

birdy

Hi all,

I’m starting my journey with the mirror. For the start I have dismantled my old PC monitor and have a question: can I use it? The controller is quite big, so maybe I can remove the steel or should I buy a new controller (if possible)?

Controller:

Plugs:

Thx for your support!

BR
birdy

tomyboy96

Hi!

Yes ofc you can! my tip is remove the metal and get some thin plastic that you drill holes in. then just mount the circuit board to the plastic and then directly on the back of the display.
The plastic will eliminate that the display short circuit.

I just finished my MM and built it like this.
Need anything else i’m happy to help!

tomyboy96

Here you have how i did: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4614/thomas-magicmirror-with-two-screens-55x83cm

Mykle1

@tomyboy96 said in Old LCD PC monitor:

The plastic will eliminate that the display short circuit.

Absolutely right! You have to isolate the boards so if you remove them from the shielding you’ll have to do something like tomyboy did. I left mine in the shielding. There was plenty of room.

You can see it here.

birdy

Hi all,

for the start, thanks a lot for you answers!

Rasberry is there, so I wanted to test, if the screen is working. Ta-da! It’s not :(

I had already problems with HDMI (my cat threw the screen down from the piano…) but VGA was always working. Now neither nor. I have Samsung SyncMaster T260HD.

Any idea, what could be the problem? I alreday ordered the mirror (40x60 cm) so if I would like to buy a new screen, it will be expensive…

Cheers
birdy

Mykle1

@birdy said in Old LCD PC monitor:

Any idea, what could be the problem?

Your cat threw it down from the piano! ;^)

Are you sure that your input is set correctly on the monitor?

I would try it with another pc to eliminate the possibility that the Pi is not sending video.

You can also try the DVI input. Again, making sure that the input is set to DVI when you try that.

birdy

small update:
I got the screen up and running (I forgot to switch over from the monitor body a small controll panel), unfortunatelly only via VGA. HDMI is definitely not working.

Any idea:

if I could connect RaPi to the monitor via DVI (micro HDMI DVI)?
or is there a connector (micro HDMI VGA)?

-> do I need a digital connection (hdmi) or analog (vga)?

For me a good information for today is, I don’t have to buy a new 27 inch LCD panel :D

Cheers
birdy

tomyboy96

@birdy why the micro Hdmi?

I would recommend using dvi to hdmi since the Rapi will then recognise the cable directly and u won’t have to do any config to get the screen working propely.

If you wanna use a hdmi to vga i used this:

http://www.wish.com/c/557e6ed78fe81619f182a12b

Worked really good after a bounch of configures in the Rapi.

birdy

@tomyboy96 - I have no idea why did I write micro HDMI (maybe I was playing with the micro SD adapter). But thanks for your remark! Adapter ordered (hope it will work). Next update in few days :)

tomyboy96

@birdy I used some stuff from this site when i configured the Rapi (Y)

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=269212

Good Luck!