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Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: zcitso on June 23, 2006, 12:13:17 pm: The monitor on my Simpad stays white after having flashed it with the JTAG connector, despite having reconnected the monitor several times.

Is the monitor or the mainboard defective?

Do you think mullengers.com can fix it, or is it even possible to get repair parts seperate?

I hope you can help
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: Mussen on June 24, 2006, 12:27:57 am: Quote
The monitor on my Simpad stays white after having flashed it with the JTAG connector, despite having reconnected the monitor several times.

Is the monitor or the mainboard defective?

Do you think mullengers.com can fix it, or is it even possible to get repair parts seperate?

I hope you can help
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1. Can you get anything from a serial connection?
2. Getting parts is neerly impossible if their not off the shelf.
3. If it is the screen, You are not finding it OEM(trust me)
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: zcitso on June 24, 2006, 04:30:00 am: Quote
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The monitor on my Simpad stays white after having flashed it with the JTAG connector, despite having reconnected the monitor several times.

Is the monitor or the mainboard defective?

Do you think mullengers.com can fix it, or is it even possible to get repair parts seperate?

I hope you can help
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1. Can you get anything from a serial connection?
2. Getting parts is neerly impossible if their not off the shelf.
3. If it is the screen, You are not finding it OEM(trust me)
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The serial connection works, I've even tried to flash the old win CE image on to it. There, I got sound as i pressed some of the buttons on screen (which i could not see), so everything works, except the screen.
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: mr_nice on June 24, 2006, 06:10:14 am: Quote
despite having reconnected the monitor several times.

On both ends?
Where do you live? If it is in the near of mine(wiesbaden germany) we could try my display or my mainboard.
regards
nice
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: zcitso on June 26, 2006, 07:44:17 am: Thanks a lot for your offer!

I disconnected the cable on both ends (the plastic connector and the flat cable), but nothing helped.

Unfortunately I live in Denmark , so that's not a solution. I think I'm going to mail mr. Mullenger and find out if he can fix it.

Thanks again for your offer!
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: mr_nice on July 27, 2006, 11:09:39 am: Hi, I found this while I was surfing on silentservices.de

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Q26: Ich habe einen weissen Bildschirm, nichts geht mehr. Was kann ich machen? Nachfolgendes Posting stammt aus dem Palmtopmagazin-Forum von User Stefan. Vielen Dank! Wenn alle Reset-Massnahmen nicht helfen, dann hat es mir geholfen zuerst den Kippschalter lange, ca. 30 Sekunden lang gedrÃ¼ckt zu halten. Dieser Kippschalter befindet sich auf der RÃ¼ckseite des Simpads hinter der kreisrunden Ã–ffnung, welche man mit einem spitzen Gegenstand aufbekommt. Danach war beim Reboot der Bildschirm nicht mehr weiss, sondern hatte das "Windows CE.net"-blau! Seltsam. Funktionierte aber immer noch nicht! Dann fÃ¼hrte ich danach noch einen Factory Reset durch (die Taste rechts oben und die unterste Taste gleichzeitig gedrÃ¼ckt halten, wÃ¤hrend man mit einem Stift die Soft-Reset Taste betÃ¤tigt.) Auch dies fÃ¼hrte nicht zum gewÃ¼nschten Erfolg. Also wiederholte ich die Prozedur, und siehe da, beim dritten Mal klappte es. Wichtig schien mir, den Kippschalter extrem lange zu betÃ¤tigen. Ich glaube, dass unterbricht die Stromzufuhr vÃ¶llig.
here is my translation (I am not verry good in it - but hopfully it will help you):

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Q:what can I do if i have a blanc white screen and nothing else happens? A: If all resets don't work try to press the swich which is locatet under the hole on the back. remove the plastic and press it min 30 sec. This worked first time! But I only saw the CE blue. Than I did a factory reset. (press key on the right top and the lowest button at the same time while you do a reset wiht the reset key) - this didn't help. So I did it many timey and wow the 3. try did it. I think pressing the switch under the hole very long did it. I think this interrups the power.
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: zcitso on July 28, 2006, 12:34:17 pm: Thanks a lot! I have forgot, if I have tried that. I almost thought this thread was dead But you've restored my hope

Unfortunately I am 200 km away from my simpad now, but I will try it as soon as possible!

Thanks again

EDIT

Du hÃ¤ttest es nicht Ã¼bersetzen mÃ¼ssen, aber trotzdem: Vielen Dank!

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Hi, I found this while I was surfing on silentservices.de

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Q26: Ich habe einen weissen Bildschirm, nichts geht mehr. Was kann ich machen? Nachfolgendes Posting stammt aus dem Palmtopmagazin-Forum von User Stefan. Vielen Dank! Wenn alle Reset-Massnahmen nicht helfen, dann hat es mir geholfen zuerst den Kippschalter lange, ca. 30 Sekunden lang gedrÃ¼ckt zu halten. Dieser Kippschalter befindet sich auf der RÃ¼ckseite des Simpads hinter der kreisrunden Ã–ffnung, welche man mit einem spitzen Gegenstand aufbekommt. Danach war beim Reboot der Bildschirm nicht mehr weiss, sondern hatte das "Windows CE.net"-blau! Seltsam. Funktionierte aber immer noch nicht! Dann fÃ¼hrte ich danach noch einen Factory Reset durch (die Taste rechts oben und die unterste Taste gleichzeitig gedrÃ¼ckt halten, wÃ¤hrend man mit einem Stift die Soft-Reset Taste betÃ¤tigt.) Auch dies fÃ¼hrte nicht zum gewÃ¼nschten Erfolg. Also wiederholte ich die Prozedur, und siehe da, beim dritten Mal klappte es. Wichtig schien mir, den Kippschalter extrem lange zu betÃ¤tigen. Ich glaube, dass unterbricht die Stromzufuhr vÃ¶llig.
here is my translation (I am not verry good in it - but hopfully it will help you):

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Q:what can I do if i have a blanc white screen and nothing else happens? A: If all resets don't work try to press the swich which is locatet under the hole on the back. remove the plastic and press it min 30 sec. This worked first time! But I only saw the CE blue. Than I did a factory reset. (press key on the right top and the lowest button at the same time while you do a reset wiht the reset key) - this didn't help. So I did it many timey and wow the 3. try did it. I think pressing the switch under the hole very long did it. I think this interrups the power.[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=136610\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: niv on August 12, 2006, 07:47:06 pm: I have it also - white screen after reboot.
I jtagged , then
updated to 2.5.3 then
serload Blupdater.img 0 then
loaded opie-image-v0.8.4-rc3-simpad.rootfs.jffs2 via serial

boot and I have a "white" screen. the light of the screen comes one - but no picture.
I see opie loading via the serial link, the screen blinks ,then, dimmly and nothing goes on.

can I test that the screen is connected right? any way to "ping" the screen?
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: sokol_44 on December 11, 2006, 02:39:21 pm: Quote
I see opie loading via the serial link, the screen blinks ,then, dimmly and nothing goes on.

can I test that the screen is connected right? any way to "ping" the screen?

i had similar problem- did you correctly connect tape to screen:
it's uper tape and it must be inserted UNDER black plastic
(lower tape is insterting UNDERblack tape - so it can be confusing)
Title: Defective Screen? Always White
Post by: niv on December 11, 2006, 03:42:30 pm: Quote
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I see opie loading via the serial link, the screen blinks ,then, dimmly and nothing goes on.

can I test that the screen is connected right? any way to "ping" the screen?

i had similar problem- did you correctly connect tape to screen:
it's uper tape and it must be inserted UNDER black plastic
(lower tape is insterting UNDERblack tape - so it can be confusing)
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Ya took me six months to figere that out...