How to combine 17" iMac G4 flat panel display & iBook G4

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How to combine 17" iMac G4 flat panel display & iBook G4

I have a 17" flat panel G4 800 iMac. Monitor works fine. The logic board is toast.
I have a 14" G4 1.33 iBook that works perfectly but the screen is broken.

I want to attach the 17" flat panel to the VGA adapter on the iBook so I can see the desktop. I plan on using the iMac to power the monitor.
I have found the adapter & cable that attaches to the logic board for the video input for the 17" monitor.

The key bit of information that I need to know is what wires from the 17" monitor cable needs to attach to which pins on a VGA adapter?

I haven't found the info I need in either the iMac or iBook categories on Apples Discussion Board or searching other Mac friendly web sites.

Thanks in advance for any help or direction you can give.

Al 12" SD 867MHz/1GB/40GBHD Mac OS X (10.4.8) Ti 15" 667/1GB, iBook 14" 1.33/256MB, G4 tower DVD RAM/500/768MB

Posted on Oct 14, 2006 10:30 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 14, 2006 11:10 PM in response to zxtech

Hello Zxtech and welcome to discussions,

This has been asked before. No one ( that I know of ) has yet managed to accomplish this challenge.

I suspect that it is not possible... Sorry!

Regards

Ian

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Answer 2

K Shaffer

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Nov 2, 2006 7:55 PM in response to zxtech

You could try asking around to see who needs your iMacG4 for parts;
since you should be able to get almost enough from the good display
alone to buy a LCD monitor or one with a TV tuner to use with the iBook.
The prices of LCDs have come down a bit; not sure if you'd need to try
one of the ResX kind of software fixes to be able to use different resolution
LCDs with your little iBook. Costco had a 22" LCD for under $350; so a
smaller one may be available in the $180. range. Some with TV are coarse.

In some markets, the LCD from your iMacG4 in great shape and working
can be worth over $350. and if you lucked out, someone out there may
have a refurbished logicboard. Sometimes wegenermedia and other co's
that repair iBook/PowerBook out-of-warranty machines also have iMacG4s.
Some also have pulled but high quality used iBook displays.

The LCD for the iMacG4 requires a power supply and other circuits, those
are part of the base unit's video/logic board assembly and power supply.

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