At 03:10 PM 11/11/2002 -0500, Stephanie Maks <newton_at_maksystems.com> wrote:
>Before getting shattered, the old screen had been showing what I think
>were the begginings of jaggies. Now and then I'd write something on the
>screen and the 'ink' on the screen wouldn't be anywhere near the stylus,
>and would spaz out and end up looking like a drunken spider's footprints
>instead of what I was trying to write.
Yup, that's jaggies!
[snip]
>Now that I've replaced the screen & touch screen, all those problems are
>gone. Alignment works fine, my writing works fine, I haven't had any
>'Jaggie'-like troubles.
>
>This leads me to the conclusion that all the various alignment problems
>were definately in the screen assembly, and didn't have anything to do
>with the motherboard.
Very interesting! When you say "screen assembly", are you referring to the
item depicted on http://members.tripod.com/mrpcbman/Backlight.htm in the
row next to the phrase "The LCD assembly is held by a clip and a tiny gold
screw. Remove the screw and turn over"?
I have 3 Newties -- a worn one with no jaggies and two pristine ones with
jaggies. Your post may inspire me to try to do a screen transplant, but I
want to make sure I swap the right component.
Jaggies are the scourge of Newtondom IMO! If someone could find a
permanent, surefire, and repeatable cure that person would be Newtie of the
Year in my book.
Thanks,
-Jeremy
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