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Palm IIIx screen problems

Capt. 2110

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My Palm IIIx has problems with its screen. When I first turned it on, the screen seemed washed out and somewhat warped. I turned the back-light on and it went away. Later, I turned it on in the dark, put on the back-light, and... nothing. The screen was blank, back-light on or off. This particular IIIx has had many hardware problems before, including:

A crash so bad, the screen spazzed out and completely bombed. I had to do a soft reset, but it formatted it.
A screen collapse. You know, kind of like what a failing CRT does.
Random crashing. Even in the main menu.
Etc...

Does anyone know what's wrong with it? It feels a bit like it's dying... :tantrum:
Thanks!
 
Doesn't the IIIx have a contrast adjustment (little wheel type knob on the side)? That may be dirty and need some contact cleaner.

You can try turning it through both ends of the adjustment multiple times and see if it helps.
 
Thanks for the suggestion! When I took it apart, I found the screen connector port was broken. I did a small fix and it worked perfectly!
 
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