Author Topic: I changed my G20 MLD from CCFL to LEDs (Read 5129 times)

cartman765 · « **on:** July 28, 2018, 03:17:04 PM »

I ordered the led kit from eBay which came from Pacific Illumination and installed them today and I must say I'm very satisfied with the outcome.
It wasn't too difficult considering the complexity of the monitor and it only took about an hour or so to finish, Most of the time was in the cleaning of the gunk that was on the screens and I eliminated 3 fans and 16 cclf's and the inverter and the monitor runs a lot cooler now and looks about the same as it was before.

Harvs · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2018, 04:24:17 PM »

I'm going to try it on one of my SMLDs. Thanks for the info earlier.

cartman765 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2018, 04:35:11 PM »

Thanks Matt, I'm going to order another kit for my other machine and I think that it's a great price for the led kit and it was fun to do.

Dale

Tilt · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2018, 05:04:05 PM »

Looks great! Nice work. I've ordered some stuff from Harry (Pacific Illumination) in the past. He's a good guy.

rickhunter · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:29:17 AM »

Interested on this, to cut down on the noise. Those dam fans are so loud. I'm going to order one to convert mine.

cartman765 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2018, 04:53:10 AM »

I ordered one more kit for my other G20 and can't wait to clean out all that gunk on the screens and get rid of those dark spots.

rickhunter · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2018, 10:29:38 AM »

How do you remove the monitor on a G20? Been trying to figure it out before I start removing all the tie wraps and stuff. I want to disassemble it to clean the casino gunk behind the touhscreen glass and replace the fans. I've also ordered the LEDs in case the cfl's ever go bad.

cartman765 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2018, 02:09:29 PM »

hi Rick, It's easy there are 4 screws holding the monitor in the door frame and some small screws on the bottom plastic bezel I have two different doors on my two machines and two different mounts one just kinda falls out after removing screws the other frame I have to pry the monitor out. Once you get the monitor out of the frame you can lat it flat on bezel and remove the small screws from bezel and then remove the the frame that holds the touch screen after you remove the back cover and touch screen ribbon. It shouldn't be a problem to complete.

Dale

rickhunter · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2018, 11:01:17 AM »

Great I will give it a go this weekend. Mind posting a photo of the 4 screws?

Harvs · « **Reply #9 on:** August 09, 2018, 04:44:06 PM »

Quote from: rickhunter on August 09, 2018, 11:01:17 AM

Great I will give it a go this weekend. Mind posting a photo of the 4 screws?

* My bad, 4 nuts are for the SMLD's, not G20.

~~4 nuts.. They're in the upper and lower corners of the angle brackets on each side of the monitor. 7mm, the lower left is a pain if you try to use just a regular 7mm socket on an SMLD.~~

I can post a pic later or tomorrow of them if good ol Dale doesn't.

cartman765 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 10, 2018, 05:20:00 AM »

Depending on the door your machine has the screws are in different places.

cartman765 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 10, 2018, 05:22:24 AM »

More pictures

MrBellMan · « **Reply #12 on:** August 10, 2018, 07:44:46 AM »

Sharing my disappointment in the LED kit.

Spotlight LEDs
Washed out colors
Dim monitor (that can no longer be brightened)

Emailed PI for help, but no response.

Your results may vary...

Tilt · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2021, 05:59:49 PM »

Yeah, I know this is an older topic, but I was curious to know if anyone else has made this conversion with their MLD monitor?

I have a Kortek KTL220MD-03 MLD monitor in my G23 that I'm considering modifying, but wanted to get some more opinions before I do. Rick did you ever get yours done? If so, are happy with it? I got a bit spooked when I saw MrBellMan's outcome. Don't want to spend $100+ risk damaging my monitor if that's what it's going to look like when it's done.

My CCFLs are working fine, but I like the idea of using LEDs to reduce heat and power consumption.

Cartman, you've had yours done for awhile are you still happy with it?

cartman765 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2021, 07:30:48 PM »

Hi, I am very happy with mine the only time I can see the spots on the screen is when it's all white, during game play I cant tell the difference and I did both of my G20"s and they run so much cooler with less fans.

Dale

Tilt · « **Reply #15 on:** January 12, 2021, 10:41:25 AM »

Thanks Dale. I'm glad you're happy with yours. It think the only time the screen is white is when it boots up.

I wonder if MrBellman ever figured out why his didn't turn out so well or if he got it resolved?

I'm not in a big rush to do it since my CCFLs are still working well. I think I'll hold off a bit and see if he replies or if anyone else who may have done it has any feedback on their experience.

It looks like removing the monitor from the door is a bit of a task in itself.

Tilt · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2021, 11:42:26 AM »

I tore my G23V2 monitor apart yesterday to replace the inner LCD panel and it turns out the KTL230MD-03 is already equipped with LED back lighting. I'm glad I didn't order the kit first. Here's a pic of the stock LED panel for it.

Ash100 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 18, 2021, 10:44:10 AM »

Just checked online for a kit through Pacific Illumination and they appear to be out of stock at the moment.

I tore down a G20 Display because my backlights were blinking. Figured it to be bad tubes or a flakey Inverter, so now would be a good time to do the upgrade.

Hoping to get in touch with them soon.

Glad everyone is liking their conversions so far.

Curtis ash100

jakah440 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2021, 11:37:46 AM »

PI has been out for awhile.

I have this inverter out of my SMLD when i converted to LED's. It was working fine. I even re-capped it.

It's available

jaannwf · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2021, 09:52:25 AM »

Quote from: cartman765 on July 28, 2018, 03:17:04 PM

I ordered the led kit from eBay which came from Pacific Illumination and installed them today and I must say I'm very satisfied with the outcome.
It wasn't too difficult considering the complexity of the monitor and it only took about an hour or so to finish, Most of the time was in the cleaning of the gunk that was on the screens and I eliminated 3 fans and 16 cclf's and the inverter and the monitor runs a lot cooler now and looks about the same as it was before.

Hello!

Did you removed all fans & heats sinks?
Where did you take the power for the LEDs?

Thanks!

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Author Topic: I changed my G20 MLD from CCFL to LEDs (Read 5129 times)