Re: NTLK MP130 backlighting related problem

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin@fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Jul 28 2000 - 09:35:29 CDT


attila.toth@excite.com wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm a new Newton user. My 130 has a strange problem. If I tap the screen
> after switching on the backlighting, sometimes the screen becomes completely
> black, nothing can be seen, but the Newton works.
> After switching off and on I can continue my work. Without backlighting it
> works well.
>
> Does anybody had similar problem? Is there any solution?

Never had this problem myself, but it looks like an hardware problem. Did you do a "hard reset" after you received it to restore it to factory settings? If not, there might be some
extension fooling around the backlighting.

-Laurent.
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