On 2021-01-20 19:00, "Ali" <[email protected]> wrote: > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:38:21 -0800 > From: "Ali" <[email protected]> > To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Looking for old Compaq software - COMPAQ System Manager > Facility > Message-ID: <00d501d6ef07$9cd2ab70$d6780250$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> For a workaround: >> >> This way You get a fixed brightness and somewhat working computer. >> Now You can wait for a replacement pot and play with the computer. > So turns out the pot itself is good after further testing. Of course now the > question is why won't the brightness adjust on the machine? > > -Ali
Something supposed to be connected to the pot is not connected anymore? I am guessing a) the connection to the wiper is broken somewhere, or the circuitry connected to it is broken, or b) the ground end of the pot has a broken connection to ground /Jonas
