Hi
My son's eMate had the same problem. Then the backlight stopped working
altogether. I opened the case and found that one of the wires from the
circuit board to the backlight was broken. I carefully spliced in a
piece of wire to bridge the gap and all is well.
Woody
T.M. Camp wrote:
>Over the past day, I've discovered a problem with the backlight on my emate
>and wondered if anyone else has seen this...
>
>When I turn on the backlight it doesn't always come on, depending on the
>angle of the screen. Anything further back than ninety degrees and the light
>"whines" but it doesn't come on . . . and if I turn it on when the screen is
>angled back, I can see distortion/interference on the screen display (a
>broad blank band across the display that flickers while the light is on).
>
>Any ideas on how to remedy this? Any ideas on how to open the case and poke
>around a bit?
>
>Thanks,
>
>T.M. Camp
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>data: tmc_at_tmcamp.com
>url: http://www.tmcamp.com
>
>
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