Scott, That shrinkage is the enemy. I’ll keep you in mind as the process moves forward.
—Jamie On Jul 6, 2021, 5:55 PM -0700, Scott McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@comcast.net>, wrote: > On one the M100s I repaired earlier this year, it was not so much the zebra > strips, but that they seemed to have shrunk. I had to apply thick tape inside > of the metal LCD frame to increase the pressure on the strip. I think new > zebra strips of the correct height would save quite a few M100s. I am > interested in buying 4 of them. > > I do not think it will help with missing horizontal lines. I am pretty sure > that would be broken traces or lifted pins on an IC. I only have experience > with the one that I repaired, so take that with a grain of salt. > > Scott M. > > From: Jamie Nichol > Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 8:50 PM > To: m...@bitchin100.com; m...@bitchin100.com > Subject: Re: [M100] New zebra strips for M100 display— any interest? > > Steve, > > Thanks for sharing your experience. Depends on the display, I guess? > > New zebra strips were the answer for the display I have on hand — worked > better than adding tape between the glass and bezel. > > —Jamie > On Jul 6, 2021, 8:25 PM -0400, Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>, wrote: > > > quote_type > > Jamie, > > > > Are the zebra strips a problem? I guess you are saying that for at least > > some LCDs with missing lines, a new zebra strip would help? > > For me it has usually been a pcb problem. > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Jamie Nichol <jgnic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > quote_type > > > 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 > > > > >
