Re: LCD reassembly problems

From: Sam Goldwasser (sam_at_saul.cis.upenn.edu)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: 17 Feb 2005 10:20:11 -0500

"Gareth Magennis" <sound.service@btconnect.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have often replaced backlights in LCD's. Occasionally, like just now, I
> get one which no matter what I try, I can't get all the pixels to reconnect.
> It's the business of that squidgy rubber contact strip that connects between
> the PCB and the LCD glass and is held in place by the metal cover of the
> LCD, where you twist the lugs that protude through the PCB to secure it. I
> always try and leave the LCD intact, but occasionally, as in this case, the
> backlight will not come out without dismantling it.
>
> I don't think I have damaged anything, and I have cleaned all the relevant
> contacts and the strip with alcohol and switch cleaner but there are still 2
> vertical bars unconnecting. Pressing really hard on the LCD housing will
> not light them. Does anyone have any general hints and tips for these?

Have you tried turning the "zebra stripe" rubber strips around to see if
the dead areas move?

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