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| 639930 | 2008-02-13 20:09:00 | Not exactly a puter query but my partner has a pretty old sewing machine with a very hard to read LCD screen.(it is all pretty dark with no contrasts)All I want to know is.Is replacement the only possible solution or could it be repaired ? | kjaada (253) | ||
| 639931 | 2008-02-13 20:43:00 | Faulty LCD screens usually have to be replaced, in my experience. | rumpty (2863) | ||
| 639932 | 2008-02-13 21:57:00 | I sort of expected that but how many things do we take to "an expert" without any way of knowing if a very simple diode or something was all that needed replacement but we are billed for a major repair. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 639933 | 2008-02-13 22:04:00 | Depends what youre doing when it goes dark. I know with videos or when I watch a DVD / TV using the ATI videocard / drivers, I have to change it from Custom to Home in the settings. Otherwise, the DVD/video is too dark to watch. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 639934 | 2008-02-13 22:04:00 | If you can find another (second hand) screen the same size, you can often swap them out. Done it several times with laptop screens. Once you pull the whole thing apart, they are actually pretty similar. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 639935 | 2008-02-13 23:16:00 | Has the screen's visibility degraded over time, or has it always been dark? Are we talking about a backlit LCD or a reflective one? It's possible that it's simply a component (possibly just a resistor) has slowly deteriorated & it happens to be the one controlling the LCD contrast. We use simple alphanumeric LCD's here, & there can be a huge difference in readability made just by tweaking the contrast voltage a tad - it doesn't take too much to go unreadable on the dark side. |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 639936 | 2008-02-14 03:29:00 | Depends what youre doing when it goes dark. I know with videos or when I watch a DVD / TV using the ATI videocard / drivers, I have to change it from Custom to Home in the settings. Otherwise, the DVD/video is too dark to watch. You know, the question was about the LCD screen on an old sewing machine. Try watching a DVD on that :lol: |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 639937 | 2008-02-14 03:47:00 | You know, the question was about the LCD screen on an old sewing machine. Try watching a DVD on that :lol: How about Lilo and Stitch? |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 639938 | 2008-02-14 04:35:00 | Thanks people.I now knw enough to make out I know all about LCD's when we take the machine to the doctors. | kjaada (253) | ||
| 639939 | 2008-02-14 19:54:00 | How about Lilo and Stitch? :lol: :lol: |
wratterus (105) | ||
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