If you've spent six years missing G4, the video game-focused cable network, good news: It may be coming back to a screen near you. Even better news: The Wrap reports that Olivia Munn is in. A few months ago, pinouts were made by fellow G4 modder JBerg of the native 17' iMac G4 LCD panel and an easy 1 to 1 correlation to a standard DVI plug. With this, there is no longer any need to completely gut and replace the display, use custom inverters, or ever take the screen off the base of the computer.
| Pinout for 17' iMac G4 Screen to DVI |
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So I started fresh, Unsoldering all the wires from the DVI cable and soldered them back into their correct spaces. I also took some time to create a hopefully very intuitive pinout for the model of screen I had (using the info JBerg gathered)New Style Videos Coming Soon Imac G4 Pro
If you've spent six years missing G4, the video game-focused cable network, good news: It may be coming back to a screen near you. Even better news: The Wrap reports that Olivia Munn is in. A few months ago, pinouts were made by fellow G4 modder JBerg of the native 17' iMac G4 LCD panel and an easy 1 to 1 correlation to a standard DVI plug. With this, there is no longer any need to completely gut and replace the display, use custom inverters, or ever take the screen off the base of the computer.
| Pinout for 17' iMac G4 Screen to DVI |
New Style Videos Coming Soon Imac G4 Unlocked
So I started fresh, Unsoldering all the wires from the DVI cable and soldered them back into their correct spaces. I also took some time to create a hopefully very intuitive pinout for the model of screen I had (using the info JBerg gathered)New Style Videos Coming Soon Imac G4 Pro
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After it was all said and done, SUCCESS!!! My backlights still aren't hooked up, but as you can see, the picture is coming through crystal clearly! This is very exciting