Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:17:02 +0200
From: "Robbert J. van Herksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: CT70 dead screen - attention Matt
errr, Radio Shack???
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 07:10
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Re: CT70 dead screen - attention Matt
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>
> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 05:03:17 +0000
> From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: CT70 dead screen - attention Matt
>
> Neil,
>
> Now I'm really itching to find a multimeter here in Florida!
> I'll have to
> see if my brother knows someone I can borrow one from. He's not that
> technically inclined and, unfortunately neither are most of his
> friends, but
> he's got and address full of contacts. I brought the kitchen
> sink and the
> fridge in my suitcase from California... but forgot my
> multimeter, PC tower
> and F-250 pickup... a few things that might have come in useful.
> But try as
> I may.... I still had a tough time squeezing them in next to the kitchen
> appliances :-)
>
> I'll let you know what I find when I get the equipment.
> Meanwhile thanks
> for keeping brain-storming this one!
>
> Ciao,
>
> Matt
>
> >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Matt,
> >
> >I've just fixed a dead screen 70 with exactly the same symptoms
> as yours:
> >no
> >light on the display, no reflective pixels, no picture, but the external
> >monitor working fine.
> >
> >One of the fuses I mentioned some days ago was open circuit -
> probably the
> >damage caused when the screen was dropped - and soldering a link of fuse
> >wire across it (2A) fixed it fine!
> >
> >(I blush to mention that I tested it with a bent paper clip, as
> this would
> >tend to diminish the aura of mystery I try to project...)
> >
> >Anyway, the guilty party is visible immediately to the right of the cpu
> >heatsink, 3mm right of the bottom right hand screw. It's white
> on both the
> >boards I have here, with metallic ends, and it's plenty big enough to
> >solder
> >to (I borrowed a 35W iron from a colleague - definitely overkill!). It's
> >marked '2A' and 'LE' and has a little triangle on it. Don't remove the
> >fuse,
> >just solder a link across the terminals.
> >
> >(it's visible, but with tricky access, with just the kb removed. Probably
> >better to remove the top of the clamshell)
> >
> >You never know, this could be your lucky day!
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Neil
> >
>
>
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