T.M.
I believe my son had this problem with his eMate. The problem is that the
wire that supplies the power for the backlight runs in and around the hinge
mechanism. The wire can get pinched, damaging the wire. Moving the screen
can 'connect and disconnect' the damaged wire by just moving the wire. The
only fix is to take the eMate apart and splice in a new section of wire.
RB
on 7/5/02 9:42 AM, T.M. Camp at tmc_at_tmcamp.com 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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