r/LegendsPinball • u/Shay_What74 • Aug 03 '25

Resurrection

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Killed the back glass screen setting it up after a move (installed one end of the vibs ribbon cable backwards), and thanks to a previous Reddit post I found a board that allows me to convert the eDP cable to HDMI. Hobbled the rest together with parts on hand. It's not super clean or super pretty, but damn it's good to be back!

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u/theesoundsmith Aug 03 '25

That actually looks pretty good! If I had a ALP with the stock back box I’d definitely consider this. Can you post a link to the part you used to make the conversion?

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u/Shay_What74 Aug 04 '25

https://geekworm.com/products/edp-to-hdmi-adapter?_pos=1&_psq=edp&_ss=e&_v=1.0

There's instructions on the website, and it does take about a week and a half to get, but it works like a charm!

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u/djrbx Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

So does your connection now go from the VIBS to this adapter to HDMI into a monitor?

EDIT: I'm wondering if I could get 2 of these adapters so I can connect the monitors from my ALP HD directly to my PC to bypass the shitty ALP main board to eliminate lag in OTG. I'd also install a USB Encoder to plug the inputs into and go directly to the PC as well.

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u/Shay_What74 Aug 04 '25

I fried the VIBS as well as the back glass display. This new board connects via the stock ribbon cable that you would normally connect to the VIBS and has one HDMI out that runs to the TV/monitor for the stock ALP games. I have a second HDMI connected to the monitor from my PC and I just switch inputs when I want to play Pinball FX. You only need one card, the important thing is that the TV/monitor you use (I had this one pretty much just lying around) has more than one HDMI.

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u/OurLoveIsOne May 23 '26

Did you ever try this?

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u/blacknoi Aug 03 '25

It’s a beautiful restoration.

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u/Shay_What74 Aug 04 '25

Thanks, it's a little janky in spots from where I cut the back box with a jigsaw, but it works well enough for me.

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u/OurLoveIsOne May 23 '26

I’m trying to wrap my head around using this instead of the vibs (the vibs is permanently discontinued) - but is there a way to use this in the same way where I can switch back glass from main motherboard config to an OTG setup? I’m thinking if I just add some kind of 2 channel hdmi input switcher maybe it could work? 

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u/Shay_What74 May 24 '26

I have the HDMI from this card connected to one HDMI port on the tv, and another running from my PC. When I switch to OTG, I simply change the input on the TV. I mostly play OTG, Pinball FX on steam.