Hi all, I'm having a somewhat similar but less abrupt problem.
I also have an SB3, about two years old. A month or so ago, I noticed that the *top third* of the display started to flicker and then go blank. Initially, after turning off the SB3, things were back to normal. But soon enough the problem was back, and only got worse. For a while, the top-third of the display would slowly come back to life with a mostly *static* display, like the clock, but would quickly fade if things got busy (display scrolling etc.). Somehow, it was as if some driver circuitry couldn't quite muster the effort to power the top third of the display. The lower two thirds were as bright as ever and didn't show any hints of problems. I should also say that the unit works perfectly in all other respects as far as I can tell. And that it has been treated very carefully, so unlikely to be something simple like a loose connection. Which wouldn'd be very consistent with fault symptoms anyway. Eventually the top-third died completely. That was upsetting, but not a disaster as I simply could reduce the hight of the letters of the display. But now the *middle* third of the display has started to show signs of giving up in exactly the same way! It's not dead yet, but if the stoy of the sad demise of the top third is anything to go by, it's only a matter of time. And with only a bottom third working (and who knows for how long?), control, and worse, configuration, is a serious problem. Yes, I can control it remotely. And yes, there is apparently software for remote configuration over UDP. But even so. Has anyone encountered anything similar? Searching the forums only turned up a post from an SB Boom user who had a half-dead display. But no replies. Is it likely to be the display itself, or the driver circuitry? In the former case, I've found some post indicating that it is possible to source a new display and not too hard to fit. Even if not cheap, I think I'd give that a try if it was likely to resolve the problem. I really like my SB3, so any advice would be much appreciated! Best, /Henrik -- nhn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nhn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34426 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
