From: Woody Smith (woody_at_bitstream.net)
Date: Tue May 25 2004 - 14:50:56 PDT
It sounds like you are having at least some fun, though not the
expected sort. It sounds like you have a good display and digitizer at
least and a case that will stay together.
If I were in your situation I would carefully clean any corroded
connections, reverse the foam pad that supports the digitizer
connection, repair damaged connectors and reassemble. I would attempt
to confirm continuity of all wires since a poor reassembly could have
pinched or even severed some.
Keep us posted.
Woody
On Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at 02:33 PM, Simon Stapleton wrote:
> Well, my new newt (MP2K) finally turned up. It should be pointed out
> that it was advertised to me as being a non-starter, and that's what it
> is, so far. I'd like it not to be, obviously. My suspicion was a dead
> mobo, hence the fact I bought the thing, after all, an 2100 mobo is
> relatively cheap.
>
>
snip
>
> Apply power. There is power to the points nearest the power connector,
> and at the correct levels. Good.
>
> Reseat rom. go through above sequence, still no go.
>
> Test power switch. tests good.
>
> OK. Delve deeper. Remove motherboard (totally destroying backlight
> cable connector in process, but I have spares for that, so no worries
> there).
>
>
> This does not look good. Corrosion around and on touchscreen terminals
> / cable. Eeeagh.
>
> I have a deep suspicion that this is where the problem lies. Any ideas
> on where to go next?
>
> Simon
>
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