I have one M100 that could potentially use new zebra strips. I’d be down for 4 pairs as well just to have some on hand and help chip away at the order.
> On Jul 7, 2021, at 5:39 PM, Jamie Nichol <jgnic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Peter, > > Looks like a pair of new zebra strips will cost $6 with usps shipping to > contiguous USA. > > Manufacturer is fujipoly. Better quality supplier. > > I’d love to sign you up for a dozen, once testing looks good. > > Anyone else interested at this price? > > —Jamie > On Jul 7, 2021, 5:28 PM -0400, Peter Noeth <petern0...@gmail.com>, wrote: > My experience with zebra strips, in general are threefold: > 1. The silicon can "outgas" its oils over time, if they were not baked > correctly at manufacture. This oil can contaminate the carbon layers on the > "face ends" where the strip contacts the glass / PCB, causing open > connections. > 2. The face ends of the carbon layers are not always friendly to cleaning. > The conductivity of the carbon layers can be lost, especially after 5 years. > 3. The silicon can lose its elasticity, causing open connections. This > mostly manifests itself during reassembly of an LCD display module if reusing > the original zebra strips. Especially after 40 years of questionable storage > conditions. > When disassembly of an LCD display module was necessary, new zebra strips > were always used during reassembly. This just removes a lot of potential > problems, especially if you warrant your work. > > So having a source for replacement zebra strips for the notebook computers > would be handy, but at a minimum production quantity of 1000, you would > probably still have 800 when you die. Maybe not economical, from a business > investment, but maybe from a passion standpoint. > > I would buy a dozen :-) > > Regards, > > Peter > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 19:33:53 -0400 > From: Jamie Nichol <jgnic...@gmail.com <https://mailto:jgnic...@gmail.com/>> > To: m...@bitchin100.com <https://mailto:m...@bitchin100.com/>Subject: [M100] > New zebra strips for M100 display > =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=94_?=any interest? > Message-ID: <d6b92cdc-63e0-40d1-8b37-fa40b8641a9b@Spark> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hey All, > > I do consumer product R&D as my day job.??I?ve admired the M100 as a > brilliant product for the past decade or so, and just picked up a really sad > example that I?m trying to resuscitate. > > A couple of weeks ago I had a some fine-pitch prototype zebra strips made up > to fit the M100 LCD (see pic).??The first prototypes are about 0.3mm too > tall.??I?ll likely have another set of prototypes run with an adjusted height. > > I have two questions: > > Is there enough interest here on the list to justify an order of 1000 pieces > or so???(Likely price is a few dollars each strip ? more to come on price.) > > Do any of you have dead LCDs that you would be wiling to sacrifice to the > testing gods???I would like to see ten or so LCDs improved by an upgrade to > the new strips before placing a bigger order. > > ?Jamie > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20210706/ba6c5a49/attachment-0001.html > > <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20210706/ba6c5a49/attachment-0001.html>> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Zebra_Strip_Prototypes.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 218023 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20210706/ba6c5a49/attachment-0001.jpg > > <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20210706/ba6c5a49/attachment-0001.jpg>> >
