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Has anyone ever seen/fixed a screen that displays backwards?

Sep 30, 2006 6:17PM PDT

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Do you have a microscrope and great solder skills?
Oct 1, 2006 1:25AM PDT

If so, put the circuit board under a microscope and inspect all chip lead connections to the circuit board. Touch up what looks suspect.

If this doesn't make sense to you then don't do it.

Bob

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Here are close up scans of where I see possible problems
Oct 1, 2006 9:46AM PDT

I appreciate your reply.
I have looked over all the soldering and chips on the back of the board & haven't seen any breaks or gaps in the soldering. I just looked with a magnifying glass.
The only thing I saw that didn't look up to par is where the LCD's circuit is attached to the board. I scanned some close-ups of this area. There are some areas that do not look uniform like the others and look like maybe they had some sort of coating scratched off of them.

Please look at these scans at see if you see problem areas & how they could be fixed.

http://mysite.verizon.net/trilogy456/ti89/1.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/trilogy456/ti89/2.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/trilogy456/ti89/3.jpg

(The shiny white spots on the top of the connections are where I see that a 'coating' or film has been removed.)

I don't have a soldering gun but maybe able to get access to one or ask someone else with one to do it for me.

Thank you kindly.
Scott

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Photo 2 at pins 6 and 7.
Oct 1, 2006 12:06PM PDT

I see what looks like some damage. Under a microscope (40X should do) I might touch that up with a fine tip solder iron.

Sorry but this sort of work is where you must be picky picky.

Bob

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Good eye.
Oct 3, 2006 3:13PM PDT

Looking closer at those pins at least one of connections appear completely broken.
Since it is a gold connection, is gold solder needed? I really don't know anything yet about soldering. Do you think a second year microelectronics student would be able to fix something of this difficulty? I maybe able to ask a student at my local community college if they could take a look at it.
The whole circuit board looks like one big gold piece. Are the circuits coming from the LCD soldered to the main board just by those little strips of gold?
Thank you.
Scott

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Or tinned with ???
Oct 3, 2006 11:22PM PDT

Anyhow, I can bridge such with 30 or smaller gauge wire if I can't complete the circuit with just solder.

I've recovered a few such units but for me the microscope and very small solder tip are needed.

Bob