If I'm not mistaken, the liquefied gas that comes out would immediately cause dozens of small cracks to occur in the plastic covering of the LCD, causing it to no longer be transparent. That's what happened when I just tried it on an old filter case.
Tom P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilbert.h.tseng.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: RE: LCD-screen going faint on EOS-1? > The warming might have solved it because the warming caused the metal to > expand making a better contact. I've seen that on a number of circuit > boards I've worked on. You can sometimes test this by taking a can of > compressed air and shooting it upside down at the LCD when it is warm. > > > Gilbert > (A 6 or so year lurker... :-) > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
