PotatoFi Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 A friend (well, @sclements anyway) sent me a MessagePad 130 to tinker with. This one had a battery leak, so I took it apart to clean it out. The battery that leaked didn't seem to touch any circuitry. On reassembly, everything seems to work great except for the speaker! I can't get it to make any sound. Any common issues to look out for there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superjer2000 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 @PotatoFi did you ever sort this out? I've got the same issue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PotatoFi Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Sadly I did not. I ended up sending it back to my friend. I think I found a reference on the internet saying that there was a surface-mount component that is likely to fail, and I deemed it too high-risk. I wish I had come back and written down my findings here, but at the time it was speculation only. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superjer2000 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Well, it's working now. I did two things... first I went back and touched up the solder joints that connect back to the speaker and I also turned the sound on through the preferences... I'm pretty sure the sound wasn't working before I changed the prefs as I didn't get the initial ding indicating my back up battery was dead and I did after I resoldered. That being said, there is a chance that it could have been a software issue and I took the unit apart again for no reason. I had the unit apart as I replaced the resistors mentioned on the 130 page on this site https://www.pda-soft.de/ and that fixed my back light (which hadn't worked since I got the newton ~17 years ago. Those are tiny SMD Components! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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