flickering tft screen-TI Extensa 550CDT

[eshort]

somone gave me a TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EXTENSA 550cdt (P75/16 ram/1.2gbhdd/10"TFT screen) to "play with:....the prob is the screen flickers if u open it beyond about 100 degrees frm the closed position...i suspect a loose connector but wonder (a) if anyone has experiended/fixed this type prob on a notebook and if so-how did u fix it and (b) does anyone have/know where i could obtain repair info/exploded diagrams etc for this notebook (cant find on TI or ACCer sites)..comput is 3 years old and otherwise in mint condition!!!!

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[Banti]

Yes probably lose connectors. You will have to look real hard to find info... as this is a nice thing for everyone to charge big bucks for. Another possiblity is a bad connector.

Here is a URL of how to replace, but you can just reseat the connector instead http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

LCD_FIX (http://www.buyLCDs.com/REPLACEM.HTM)

Banti