Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:45:03
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CT70 dead screen - attention Matt
Matt,
I've just fixed a dead screen 70 with exactly the same symptoms as yours: no
light on the display, no reflective pixels, no picture, but the external
monitor working fine.
One of the fuses I mentioned some days ago was open circuit - probably the
damage caused when the screen was dropped - and soldering a link of fuse
wire across it (2A) fixed it fine!
(I blush to mention that I tested it with a bent paper clip, as this would
tend to diminish the aura of mystery I try to project...)
Anyway, the guilty party is visible immediately to the right of the cpu
heatsink, 3mm right of the bottom right hand screw. It's white on both the
boards I have here, with metallic ends, and it's plenty big enough to solder
to (I borrowed a 35W iron from a colleague - definitely overkill!). It's
marked '2A' and 'LE' and has a little triangle on it. Don't remove the fuse,
just solder a link across the terminals.
(it's visible, but with tricky access, with just the kb removed. Probably
better to remove the top of the clamshell)
You never know, this could be your lucky day!
Cheers,
Neil
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