Re: [NTLK] Two Separate eMate Displays Dead: How Come?

A couple of other things since you have taken them apart.
It is possible that the contrast slider mismatched the one on the
circuit board. The ribbon may not be properly connected on one end
or the other.
While any number of things may happen when the display ribbon is
damaged, usually what I see is loss of ability to read stylus, and/
or rows of dead pixels.
  check that all cables are connected and take pains to make sure the
sliders are properly aligned, I usually use a light and slightly lift
that area of the board to make sure they are in place.
If all else fails flat rate postage in the US is $8.95, contact me
off list.

good luck

Woody

On May 23, 2007, at 8:19 PM, McJohn wrote:

> Yes, sir, I thought of that and have monkeyed with the contrast
> slider,
> to no effect. I can hear the startup chime, but no picture. I should
> have told you guys that I've taken both eMates apart and have
> confirmed
> that there is no damage to the display/control cable for the
> touchscreen on either. Could be deficient reassembly skills, but one
> of 'em wasn't working when I got it. These things are designed to be
> tapped about sixty thousand times with a stylus, and I wouldn't think
> they were that twitchy, but maybe they are.
>

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