Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 23:19

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Only thing I can tell you is that there are convergence settings that can be managed with WinDAS that's for sure, and for some models even a "Dynamic Convergence" setup that sounds to me like that could be what you're after... Check this out: http://dor-lomin.com/images/forums/hardocp/windas-conv/ …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 21:23

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Well noted and I'll probably take on your offer 😉 I got everything needed to do it so I'll definitely do it. Thanks for all the tips. And yes - I did make a backup of the original .dat file I exported from the EEPROM!

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:53

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No I didn't do the full white point balance yet, only reduced G2 value. Result WAS greenish, and it's not my perception I can guarantee you. Here's how it went : the whole picture looked too bright and greenish before, and Image Restoration wouldn't do anything. After reducing the G2 value, the …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:31

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duga3 wrote on 2020-02-15, 19:52: TX should connect to RX. RX should connect to TX. ("sender" to "receiver" basically). OK put that way it actually makes sense haha 😀

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Re: DOS not booting off CF card?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:29

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Sounds like the devices were partitioned/formatted with different C/H/S values than the ones currently set in the BIOS. How would I check that, and how would I do that in the first place? :) Here's what I did: - Go in BIOS, auto-detect HDD, pick "correct" settings - Boot on floppy, fdisk a primary …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:08

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Simply fantastic! So I had already tried Image Restoration several times with no change whatsoever. Today I received the USB-TTL adapter and already fixed a proper cable two days ago, so I could go ahead with WinDAS today. After a bit of struggling with making the software work (in the end I've had …

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DOS not booting off CF card?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 18:01

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by Boohyaka

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Hi there! I installed a CF-IDE adapter and also tried a PATA-SATA adapter with a 2.5" SSD in my 486. Both are working fine, BIOS HDD auto-detects everything fine, for the SSD LBA is supported so I can get up to 8GB out of it. The computer is happy to work with these devices, fdisk them, format them, …

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Re: Bunch of soundcards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 11:28

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Thanks dionb, great stuff! Yeah the ALS100 picture is crap, I will have to wait until I receive the card and will share more info if you're interested. Some user called Rabanik wrote to me to ask for more details on the Dream chips markings, but it seems I'm still too much of a newbie to be allowed …

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Re: Bunch of GFX cards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 08:52

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Good, thanks for all the nice input. appiah4, I'm not throwing anything away 😀 I will probably make some tests and benchmarks first. Long-term I'm not sure at this stage, but I'm a hoarder 🤣

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 22:52

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Going link to link from what you shared, and other links I found, I ended up on this thread that seems to be some kind of mother of all threads on this problem: https://icrontic.com/discussion/19549/dell-p1110-monitor-too-bright/ So glad I posted here and you came around ShadowofBob, you're the man! …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 21:56

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Great I found a local cheap USB-TTL adapter, that should do it. I also found a "cheap" i1 DisplayPro, i've been wanting to get a calibration device for a long time. I hope I'm giving this beauty a new life! 😀 thanks to you again

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 21:16

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YES! You just gave me a lot of hope 😀 I actually found by myself one of the links in that thread you just shared and was currently reading it: http://www.piclist.com/images/com/geocities/w … /gregua/windas/ I'm currently looking into sourcing a cable, if you have any tip please let me know!

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 20:16

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Many thanks ShadowofBob! Image Restoration I already tried and made 0 difference. The WinDAS calibration's interesting, I quickly glanced over the link you sent and it was a lot of info, quite overwhelming, I need to take some time to go through it :) looks like I'll be needing hardware? I'll read …

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Re: Bunch of GFX cards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-13, 18:13

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Yeah, fair enough. Some of them I have interest in, and will get them in anyway. I was just wondering if some had something special about them I was not aware of and would have missed!

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Re: Bunch of GFX cards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-13, 16:49

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Fair clarification 😀 actually a bit of everything, basically usefulness and power, and also potential rarity. Not thinking about selling at this point, but would consider swapping or if someone was particularly interested in something we could always discuss !

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Bunch of GFX cards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-13, 16:18

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Hey guys, I have access to a whole bunch of GFX and sound cards. By looking online and searching the forum here as well as vogonswiki I found a LOT of discussion and information, but as I am trying to evaluate the worthiness of these exact cards I could get I thought it was worthy of its own post :) …

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Bunch of soundcards, anything particularly worthy of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-13, 16:17

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Hey guys, I have access to a whole bunch of GFX and sound cards. By looking online and searching the forum here as well as vogonswiki I found a LOT of discussion and information, but as I am trying to evaluate the worthiness of these exact cards I could get I thought it was worthy of its own post :) …

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 13:28

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Thank you for the service manual link, that can be very useful! I did reset the screen and it's definitely not normal, even after a factory reset. As said I can improve it by using the color adjustments and controls, but it's not great, there definitely is an issue.

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Re: Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 12:53

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Hello, and thank you! Thanks for sharing the article! That was a great read. It's true that we immediately associate high voltage with danger. Also thanks for all your good advice - I definitely don't want to risk doing more harm than good, I really like that screen and would love to give it a lot …

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Sony Multiscan CPD-G500 backlight/green tint issue

Posted on 2020-02-13, 11:12

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Hi guys, Long time reader, first time poster. I recently broke the promise I made myself to stick to emulation and never purchase old PC hardware, and honestly couldn't be happier (and coping well with my wife's eye rolling, haha). Which means I'll have a good reason to try and be a more active part …

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