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I recapped a second display with tantalum caps taken back from the first. It's not an improvement. (this display somehow has a chip in its glass, on the southwest corner) I tested this display in two 160s with the same result. Please, let me know if you have a tested, working passive matrix...

Do you know who else is from Brampton? Limp Pumpo...

I was breaking cold sweats the entire time 'MLA was down... It's an Addiction

Now run NetBSD with Window Maker

I have my next display panel... What's the best way to desolder the tantalum caps from the first panel so they can be soldered to the new panel

I tried reseating the display cable from both ends with no effect. If there's a tear it's not in any portion I can see, I'd have to pull the entire thing out

I have the panel stripped apart on the bench right now, the top half of the picture is coming in and out intermittently. Often it'll start out dark, flicker back to normal, then flicker to dark again. You don't know how upset I am

Where? Why would the problem progress, instead of being apparent right away?

I just recapped a Sharp passive matrix display from a PowerBook 160, it worked fine for the first hour but then the top half of the screen started flickering and went dark. If I crank the contrast I can see the top half flickering in darkness. I think it could be a bad connection with one of the...

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I'm in Maryland and have done a few SuperDrives and 800K drives. I don't know about 400K drives, they're a different beast

What do you mean by useless? you can Write and Paint, run BASIC and Pascal

nah more like 128 dollars

Wouldn't any other 150 µH inductor work? Those joints look like they're cold/not fluxed. They should be smooth and shiny

By now it's more than likely that the rubber bumpers inside the hard disk drive have turned to goo and the head assembly is stuck in place now. It happens after 30 years. Sorry

This is the soldering iron I've been using for about 2 years now -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XX76V4 Throw away the solder they include. Use this instead -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KM1W7MW Throw away the tiny sponge too. Get a larger one. Yes, that iron is cheap. But I've successfully...