> I have a 130 that has a broken backlight. It won't stay on. It turns on,
> and after no more than 20 seconds usually, it flickers, and the Newt
> resets. It comes back on and says "The Newton was reset because
> power was interupted".
Does this also happen if the main batteries are removed and the 130
is running off the ac adapter alone?
> Anyone know what the problem is?
I doubt the backlight foil itself is the problem. Sounds more like some
power manager problem. Maybe the backlight draws too much current,
or the Newton thinks it does although it doesn't. See
http://www.pda-soft.de/mp130fixes.html
> I'd be willing to risk damage to the 130 doing the work myself
> , as I use my 2100 for daily use, and a red backlight in my 130
> would be REALLY neat.
You would run a 99.9999999 percent chance to destroy the display
unit if you tried to replace the backlight. See
http://www.pda-soft.de/mp_1x0_display.html
If you actually succeed in doing this, please take detailed notes, I'd
love to publish this on my site.
Frank
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