From: Tony Morrow (tony_m_tomorrow_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Apr 15 2005 - 08:12:39 PDT
I was looking at my Newton yesterday when I noticed the case was
cracking from the SER-001 board I installed. Its not the entire case,
but the outer green covering that is cracking. Then inner metal
structure is still intact. When I installed the board I noticed the
bulge in the case that many other had reported. I just let the problem
go since I knew it was a known issue. Yesterday when I saw the case
cracked I took the Newton apart to see the cause. looking at the area
that started cracking I concluded the problem was from the soldered
area where the DIN connector is. For me that creates the majority of
the bulge. I also figured the little extra area on top of the DIN
connector accounted for the problem. To remedy the situation I filed
the top of the DIN connector down flush and removed the little spacer
on PCB where a screw fits. I noticed that spacer makes the board set
cocked and not flush. after reinstalling the board the case does not
bulge as bad as before, but it is still there. I still think the
problem is the solder points, but i do not want to mess with them.
On Apr 14, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Arnold wrote:
> Does anyone have a good method to fix, or at least stop a crack
> in the bottom case? Seems the screw holding the SER01 card
> inplace has finally punched thru the back. Dang. Should not
> have left the screw with shoulder on the card. Did not seem to
> make a bump in the case, guess over time something had to
> give... plastic or metal... metal won.
>
> Has been installed for over a year, just noticed it today. Opened
> the case and removed the screw & shoulder. Verified proper
> operations of the interconnect and ser01 ports. Now it is for the
> looks.
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