[Gllug] TFT screen for SL-5500 (or Inspiron 7000?)

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:41:04PM +0100, Pip wrote:
> On Friday 27 Aug 2004 12:12, Michael Jenson wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Does anybody have broken SL-5000, 5500, 5600 but the screen is in good 
> > condition; or can anybody direct me to find unexpensive replacement. 
> > Aparently some Dell Axim models use same screen.
> 
> I've got what I suppose is a similar difficulty, where my Dell Inspiron 7000 
> works fine, but the TFT doesn't show anything. Anyone know any way of testing 
> the monitor panel to confirm that that's the bit that's died, rather than 
> being a cabling/interface problem?

I was given a similar but not identical model of Dell which was
reported as "dead".  In fact the problem was with the display, the
rest of the machine was fine.  I dismantled the display and found the
problem: the ribbon cable from the motherboard to the display attaches
to the top of the motherboard underneath the keyboard.  This
attachment had come loose.  Fixing it was just a matter of pressing
the cable back into place and inserting some folded paper to keep the
pressure on.  Works a treat to this day.

Rich.

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