- May 30, 2016
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After finishing my gaming pc build and being more than pleased with it I realised the only thing holding it back was my old dell monitor at a tiny 17".
So my plan was to upgrade to another monitor but as it was out of my price range as I have 2 kids and a lot of expenses I had to think of alternatives, I had the idea of using my Sony Vaio VGN-FW31E Laptop screen but it is the same size apart from being widescreen and having a better quality which isn't much of an upgrade.
The only thing I could think of was my 42" LED Toshiba television which had stopped turning on so was replaced and put into storage. I started looking for tutorials on wiring up a LED panel but couldn't find much however I did come across this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SOXMDb4cjI but it didn't cover screens as big as 42" which would need more power and things so again I started digging and only found a tutorial which is the same method as in that video but using the power supply from the telly itself which I can't do as my TV has power issues so chances are the power supply is faulty.
The basic question without all the details :
So really I want to know if its possible to power the TV using something like a PSU from a pc or something along these lines which I can do for cheap and then use a Universal controller board to plug in a VGA cable to my pc.
TV info :
Its a Toshiba 42" LED tv
The LED Panel is mader by Samsung if the model number is needed I will post it as I have put the tv back together temp.
So my plan was to upgrade to another monitor but as it was out of my price range as I have 2 kids and a lot of expenses I had to think of alternatives, I had the idea of using my Sony Vaio VGN-FW31E Laptop screen but it is the same size apart from being widescreen and having a better quality which isn't much of an upgrade.
The only thing I could think of was my 42" LED Toshiba television which had stopped turning on so was replaced and put into storage. I started looking for tutorials on wiring up a LED panel but couldn't find much however I did come across this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SOXMDb4cjI but it didn't cover screens as big as 42" which would need more power and things so again I started digging and only found a tutorial which is the same method as in that video but using the power supply from the telly itself which I can't do as my TV has power issues so chances are the power supply is faulty.
The basic question without all the details :
So really I want to know if its possible to power the TV using something like a PSU from a pc or something along these lines which I can do for cheap and then use a Universal controller board to plug in a VGA cable to my pc.
TV info :
Its a Toshiba 42" LED tv
The LED Panel is mader by Samsung if the model number is needed I will post it as I have put the tv back together temp.
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