[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-26 Thread Marc Sira
> I believe that this is a result of poor manufacture and that the two > polarizable sheets which form the screen have minimally separated and > are actually leaking a small amount of voltage which causes heat which > causes more separation which causes more leakage, etc. I'm not certain > about t

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-26 Thread Grizzlygiant
Tom and Lisa P wrote: > > I hve several Duo 280 screens that go dark in the corners after the > screens are on for some time. The last theory I heard about this > problem was that it was the backlight going out over time. > > To confirm this, I tried an experiment. I removed the backlight and >

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-26 Thread Dan K
I wrote: >>I wonder if resealing the edges would help at all? I'd imagine completely >>'dehumidifing' it first though would be a good idea, perhaps in a vacuum >>chamber or something. No, I don't have a vacuum chamber, I'm just >>thinking here! :-) then Mad Dog wrote: >Well, if its water and air,

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-25 Thread Tom and Lisa P
Mad Dog wrote: I think the corners are getting "stuck" and not relaxing back into transparency. I dont recal seeing old images. My next wild guess is to replace several capacitors on the LCD power board and see if that works. I know it ain't the backlight, and I seriously doubt it's the power boa

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-25 Thread Dan K
Mad Dog wrote: >I think the corners are getting "stuck" and not relaxing back into >transparency. I dont recal seeing old images. My next wild guess is >to replace several capacitors on the LCD power board and see if that >works. I know it ain't the backlight, and I seriously doubt it's the p

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-25 Thread Tom and Lisa P
I have a 270C that has this problem, sometimes. Does your screen also have problems with the image sticking on the screen. By this I mean that it seems to burn itself into the screen and is still visible after the machine is turned off and also the old image is still there when the machine is re

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 darkening screens

2003-07-25 Thread Helen Ross
I have a 270C that has this problem, sometimes. Does your screen also have problems with the image sticking on the screen. By this I mean that it seems to burn itself into the screen and is still visible after the machine is turned off and also the old image is still there when the machine is r