From: Benjamin Koh (benkoh_at_leland.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Tue Apr 06 1999 - 19:00:28 EDT
I'm sure everyone on this list is glad you saved yourself an unnecessary
expense. Put it towards the next Thinkpad!
best wishes
Benjamin
"Cottrell, Eric" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Well I finally got some time to look at my 365ED closely. I found the
> problem!
> It was a connector that came off on the lcd. I had this happen before and I
> thought I had check the panel for that when it first failed.
>
> The back of the LCD has two long narrow printed circuit boards going across
> the width of the panel. One is at the top and the other at the bottom.
> There
> are little snap-in connectors that connect these to the main board on the
> side
> of the LCD where the motherboard connector connects. When I took
> the LCD out and pressed on one of the little snap-in connectors it
> snapped back into place.
>
> I think part of the problem was I lost one of the mounting screws for the
> panel. The missing screw was near where the loose connector was so
> I figured that opening and closing of the lid may have cause the LCD panel
> to flex more in that area and it worked the connector loose. I was able to
> find
> another metric screw to replace the missing one so I will see if this solves
> the
> problem.
>
> So my new laptop plans are on-hold for now. I will keep my eye open for
> a super deal on a older 770.
>
> 73 Eric ecottrell_at_doble.com
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