This is not just one but possibly eight components
that have failed; there are eight electrolytic
capacitors on the back of the screen that age and
leak, and once they do, you get the dark screen. I
have a 100 in the same predicament, and based upon my
digging, this seems to be the fate of most of them;
the screens age and simply stop working.
Do they age with use, or simply age as humans, even if they do nothing?
This specific PB 100 has been used intensively for 4-5 years
(1992-1996) then it was replaced by newer models and I just switch it
on once every other month.
In the last 8 months it has been continuously plugged.
BTW. I have a spare LCD with the whole thing so will try to see.
Ben
PS. regarding humans, at my lab I have a couple of exemplars: that
have done nothing for the whole life and actually they look pretty
old... I hope the capacitors age faster with use, although I guess
they more similar to humans than other electronic components...
Ben
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