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Im gonna have all my questions and worklog photos in this one thread as I have been told to do multiple times lol!

Anyways, I have case(ZN-40) Dalian 5" good screen, wiikey fusion Clone, and rev c motherboard. Im going to be using the on board regulator (12v) instead of building a custom regulator (a little out of my skills)

I have all the tools and parts for the work!

Now with that said! Im trying to install my wiikey fusion now, and am finding it extremly difficult to split the ends of the cable like ashen in his instructions! Wow is that hard to do! Is there an other option other than that and the breakout board??? Im not using the dd and want it gone!!!

Any help would be appreciated! Pics coming soon!

have you seen my port adapter?

I may have... Do you have a Link? I cant seem to make a clean cut in between the pins on the ffc! lol

I want one!!! Please!

First photos of my GQubed!

what are you waiting for? remove that dvd port already

Ha ha waiting for the port adapter I ordered today than its wkf time baby! And so long DVD drive!!

But I guess while I'm bored ill shall remove it!

well hard wired my video for the screen tested and worked fine, then tried hard wiring the power, red to + on back of and ground to ground on video pin on mobo, screen turned on, then pop from the the the positive, mobo shut down fan and all, wont turn back on... damn, gotta go buy new gc tomorrow

FAN SHOULD ALWAYS TURN ON

you might have blown the ac adapter only

Okay I will check it out. Is there a way to avoid this next time?

double check your wiring, check continuity, and check again before power up...

Probably a stupid question but should I solder them then check. I was merely touching the points with end of wires to check to see if it would power the screen. And also can I use a different ground on the gc mobo?

check the connection points to confirm those are the correct locations then solder then check again...
POWER wires hanging loose are not always a good thing...well maybe unless you are hot wiring a car, then the leads kinda need to hang...


GND is GND is GND....
trick question: when is GND not GND? answer: when its not GND

Ok will give it another try

Are the pins from the DVD drive just supposed to fit inside the holes for the mega dr?

yup, it will be harder to fit if you have globs of solder at the pin ends...
just cut the globs and use the clean pin area to fit it right thru...

i think you might be the guinea pig installation...
find me on irc if you need a walkthru

Ok we'll the way I'm doing it is the clean side of the pins I've got them all trimmed down and straight and going to try in slide it on. Hopefully according to your directions pin 29 goes to top left of motherboard which I'm guessing is toward the power?

Whats next!!!

clean up the solder joints...you want to make sure there are no shorts before powering on the system...
since you are building a portable, you will want to solder the two lid switch wires to each pad marked lid...
then solder your pin29 switch lead to the pad marked pin29


then double check again to be certain none of these solder joints are shorted, then power on the system....

are you soldering for the first time? seems so, and also seems there is no flux anymore. the solder points look realy mat.

Yup first timer here! I'm going to pull it out and redo it as its not up to even my standards ha thanks for the advice man!

maybe you should practice on something else instead rather than waste this beautiful piece of hardware?

No offense brother, but if i got the funds to pay for whatever i need, im going to just go for it, im on no budget whatsoever as most people on here, just a hobby that im trying, thanks though man