Re: [NTLK] eMate hinge problem

From: JuanM (juanm_at_mac.com)
Date: Sun Apr 20 2003 - 11:48:35 PDT


Thanks for the words of encouragement Woody. Perhaps I will try it.

Thanks

Juan

On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 09:27 PM, Woody wrote:

> Go ahead and give it a try. I have opened and repaired the springs on
> both of my sons' eMates without problem. Luckily neither of the cables
> were damaged. Because there are a number of small screws and parts I
> used a large serving tray to contain all the parts and followed the
> directions to the letter. I tried bothe the soldering method and the
> non soldering method and prefer the soldering approach. A side note
> the
> first proiblem that we had with one of the emates was a broken
> backlight
> wire I repaired that by soldering in a piece of telephone wire. thazt
> was actually easier than unsoldering and resoldering the wires when I
> repaired the springs.
>
> Woody

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