I actually bought it off a friend of mine. It was working at the time i bought it, as i used it for a while. I am supplying it 5v off my psu. I believed maybe it was getting too much current, so i put a 220 ohm resistor there, but it wouldnt turn on with it in place.

Ok. well. title pretty much says it all. After not using my LCD for a while, i thought i'd start usin it again. had no problems before. But now, when i apply power, the pic on the back begins to get really hot, and the characters on the screen get all glitchy. I am not overpowering it, and i believe ...