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Bust my new mx5
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:47 am
by knocker
Hi a newbie here, I was am in need of help I think ive busted my new mx5.
I was messing with the temp probes, then suddenly nothing can I assume i have killed the screen ?
I seem to have my fan still working but I fear ive shorted the display I dont get any information and my USB has failed...
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:15 am
by Tom
Does the com port show up on the device manager under the Ports (Com & LPT) branch. What exactly did you do with your temperature probe?
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:27 pm
by knocker
Sorry for the little delay.
I was trying to test a temp prob as I removed it to place it into a lower point the screen went down, never to come up again...
The com port refuses to be Identified.(com3). Tried most things I can think of to reinstall even swapped the USB cable but no result
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:46 pm
by knocker
Havent given up I went to the next option in the tool bag...
Re-installed XP Pro... after a couple of attempt's the USB was detected and now im back into the MX5 ?? Ive changed over to the internal USB so far so good Driver v1.05. Im going to keep my hands in my pockets for a few days and not do anything but watch the display..
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:11 am
by Tom
Glad you got your display working!
If you have anymore questions or concerns, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:50 pm
by knocker
Gosh gone again... It keeps dropping out of XP ive down loaded the tester programme and noticed on the back it refers to ? LK204-24-USB, AND THE STICKER over a chip just north of the keypad extension refer's to V1.2 thought I had a VFD MX522 ???. Anyway I didnt touch anything this time I was just into loading the tester and its gone again..
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:08 pm
by Tom
The sticker on the display on the back is the firmware version. The board will say LK204-24-USB because they are both similar boards, except the VFD will have a few less components.
Try starting from scratch by removing the drivers from the registry and device manager. The link for how to uninstall the drivers from the registry is at
http://www.lcdforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1016.
I hope this works for you.
Best Regards,
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:21 pm
by knocker
Yep just did that and its back again but only after a couple of restart's did it finally find the USB Im running ver 1.05 at present of LCDC. The tester works fine but asks for a serial no ? then says make sure LCD supports the read serial no command where is that...
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:34 pm
by Tom
I recommend using uproject instead of LCD tester. Uproject should be included in the ecd that came with your display. If you cannot find it, email me at
support@matrixorbital.com, and I will send you a copy.
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:38 pm
by knocker
Cheers for the info
cant find it on the CD will Email thanks