When the NiCad battery in the T102 leaks it tends to eat away all the fine traces in that area. This can be catastrophic and not practical to repair. If you can do a hard reset and the screen comes back, you might be lucky. If not, then there is probably PCB damage. The garbled LCD is probably from bus damage from the NiCad leaking.
I had a friend send me one which was in bad shape from the battery leaking. I did get it to boot but it was a lost cause: https://youtu.be/UzHlq7snJLk Jeff Birt From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ray Gordon Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [M100] Fwd: Error on laptop. Nicd or something serious? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5384686904877095 <https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5384686904877095&id=100000075177326> &id=100000075177326 Here is the current screen on my 102. Is this a simple nicd replacement issue, Or something more serious? Anyone know? Been ages since ive been on the list, but gettibg back into things. History: bought off ebay a couple of years ago, sat for a year, without bring opened, only to discover a month ago that the memory switch had been left ON when shipped. I thought "crap, this thing isnt going to boot now" but to my shock and relief, it did, in fact, boot. Been using it for a couple of weeks, and wouldnt you know, just after putting some data in, it does this. I have the capability to fix this if its just a nicd issue, but beyond that, i dont have the tools right now to fix it. Ray <https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5384686904877095&id=100000075177326> https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5384686904877095&id=100000075177326 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ray Gordon < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 3:51 PM Subject: Error on laptop. Nicd or something serious? To: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Here is the current screen on my 102. Is this a simple nicd replacement issue, Or something more serious? Anyone know? Been ages since ive been on the list, but gettibg back into things. History: bought off ebay a couple of years ago, sat for a year, without bring opened, only to discover a month ago that the memory switch had been left ON when shipped. I thought "crap, this thing isnt hoing to boot now" but to my shock and relief, it did, in fact boot. Been using it for a couple of weeks, and wouldnt you know, just after putting some data in, it does this. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ray Gordon <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 3:51 PM Subject: Error on laptop. Nicd or something serious? To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Here is the current screen on my 102. Is this a simple nicd replacement issue, Or something more serious? Anyone know? Been ages since ive been on the list, but gettibg back into things. History: bought off ebay a couple of years ago, sat for a year, without bring opened, only to discover a month ago that the memory switch had been left ON when shipped. I thought "crap, this thing isnt hoing to boot now" but to my shock and relief, it did, in fact boot. Been using it for a couple of weeks, and wouldnt you know, just after putting some data in, it does this.
