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    Custom lighting for a backlit LCD

    Sure thing, The keyboard is an Alesis Fusion 6HD which is now discontinued hence the problem in finding the necessary parts...in fact you cannot buy the actual parts anymore. The light is a simple 12v LED strip: http://www.maplin.co.uk/dc-12-v-led-strip-218015 I have described in more detail...
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    Custom lighting for a backlit LCD

    Answered my own question guys. LCD strip worked perfectly and, while it is a tight squeeze into the existing components, I managed it without any damage to the board. More importantly...it works!
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    Custom lighting for a backlit LCD

    Maplins do a 5cm Led strip that runs on 12v. Could this be wired up to a female connector and connected directly to the 12v cable without further circuitry? I did say i was deperate.....
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    Custom lighting for a backlit LCD

    Bit of a long shot here. I recently posted about a keyboard i bought where the ccfl had gone and how to replace it. I have since done this only to find that a resistor has blown on one of the inverter boards. Worse still, the boards are no longer available and the resistor is burnt so i cannot...
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    Replacing CCFL backlight on a workstation

    Plan b seems to have failed. My local maplins had a 10cm blue cathode kit with an inverter ready wired up. I connected it to the board and it did not illuminate. The keyboard has two custom boards interconnected. One must be the inverter, no idea what the other one does but they are...
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    Replacing CCFL backlight on a workstation

    Both wires have come off. However, there is hardly no electrode remaining to solder to. One wire runs to each end.
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    Replacing CCFL backlight on a workstation

    Thanks Steve. I have the LCD out and the CCFL here in my hands so no worries on dismantling etc. The tube is pretty robust and is easily replaced back into the board. The wires have no identifying marks at all, nor does the CCFL so i cannot see how i would indentify one end from another. I can...
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    Replacing CCFL backlight on a workstation

    Just one more thing to ask, is there a particular way to wire up the tube? Both wires are plain white so i am unable to identify one from the other. Also, i noticed the backlight would not illuminate when the keyboard case (which is metal) was opened the first time i checked but it was fine once...
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    Replacing CCFL backlight on a workstation

    Bit of a strange one. I recently bought an Alesis Fusion workstation, the musical keyboard variety and it has a largish 4inch backlit LED screen. It appears to have been damaged in transit as the screen light would go on and off when the keyboard was rocked lightly. I suspected a loose contact...
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