AndyO
Well-known member
I have a PB 1400cs - I'm the original owner so me and it have been through a lot over the years!
I recently booted it up, and aside from a screen that takes a while to settle down to usable contrast/brightness, it seems to be working pretty well. However, the plastics on the back of the display is cracking along one hinge, and obviously is beginning to fail.
I read somewhere on here recently that this can be (or is) caused by the hinges stiffening, and there's a lubricant that might help, and therefore reduce the stressing of the plastic. Trouble is, I think it was posted in the great-data-loss era when the forum crashed, so I can't find a reference to it.
Can anyone point me at the right stuff? All I can find on Amazon is '3-in-1 Lock Dry Lube', which might be the right thing, but I'd rather have the experts point me in the right direction than guess for myself.
And... I suppose the next obvious question would be whether there are any modern-day replacement options for the plastic panel?
I recently booted it up, and aside from a screen that takes a while to settle down to usable contrast/brightness, it seems to be working pretty well. However, the plastics on the back of the display is cracking along one hinge, and obviously is beginning to fail.
I read somewhere on here recently that this can be (or is) caused by the hinges stiffening, and there's a lubricant that might help, and therefore reduce the stressing of the plastic. Trouble is, I think it was posted in the great-data-loss era when the forum crashed, so I can't find a reference to it.
Can anyone point me at the right stuff? All I can find on Amazon is '3-in-1 Lock Dry Lube', which might be the right thing, but I'd rather have the experts point me in the right direction than guess for myself.
And... I suppose the next obvious question would be whether there are any modern-day replacement options for the plastic panel?