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From: Alan Hoyle on 22 Apr 2008 17:03 On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:52:03, Mark Olson wrote: > I bought a new glass digitizer from pdaparts.com (AKA gethightech.com) > for $60 which has worked flawlessly. Unfortunately they are currently > sold out, but they have a waiting list: > http://www.gethightech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PA1693&Category_Code=DIG > Replacement was straightforward, take it very slowly and methodically > and you'll be fine. There's a video on youtube that shows how to open > the T|X. IIRC, you need a Torx T-5 bit to open the case. Cleanliness > is essential, you do not want to trap dust or lint between the screen > and the digitizer. BTW, I got an email telling me that they're back in stock now. -alan -- Alan Hoyle - alanh(a)unc.edu - http://www.alanhoyle.com/
From: Toby Newman on 23 Apr 2008 09:00 On 2008-04-22, Alan Hoyle <alanh(a)unc.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:52:03, Mark Olson wrote: > >> I bought a new glass digitizer from pdaparts.com (AKA gethightech.com) >> for $60 which has worked flawlessly. Unfortunately they are currently >> sold out, but they have a waiting list: > >> http://www.gethightech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PA1693&Category_Code=DIG > >> Replacement was straightforward, take it very slowly and methodically >> and you'll be fine. There's a video on youtube that shows how to open >> the T|X. IIRC, you need a Torx T-5 bit to open the case. Cleanliness >> is essential, you do not want to trap dust or lint between the screen >> and the digitizer. > > BTW, I got an email telling me that they're back in stock now. Thanks. I've just ordered one. My TX screen is quite flakey now so I am using the soft QWERT keyboard instead of the graffiti. My 5-way navigator button doesn't press UP any more and my speaker has gone intermittent so it will be good th get the thing opened up for a thorough service! -- -Toby Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.
From: Yoda on 23 Apr 2008 22:27 On 2008-04-23 08:00:01 -0500, Toby Newman <google(a)asktoby.com> said: > On 2008-04-22, Alan Hoyle <alanh(a)unc.edu> wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:52:03, Mark Olson wrote: >> >>> I bought a new glass digitizer from pdaparts.com (AKA gethightech.com) >>> for $60 which has worked flawlessly. Unfortunately they are currently >>> sold out, but they have a waiting list: >> >>> http://www.gethightech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PA1693&Category_Code=DIG Replacement >>> >>> was straightforward, take it very slowly and methodically >>> and you'll be fine. There's a video on youtube that shows how to open >>> the T|X. IIRC, you need a Torx T-5 bit to open the case. Cleanliness >>> is essential, you do not want to trap dust or lint between the screen >>> and the digitizer. >> >> BTW, I got an email telling me that they're back in stock now. > > Thanks. I've just ordered one. > My TX screen is quite flakey now so I am using the soft QWERT keyboard > instead of the graffiti. > My 5-way navigator button doesn't press UP any more and my speaker has > gone intermittent so it will be good th get the thing opened up for > a thorough service! hope it goes as well for you as it did for me - the replacement scrren/digitizer made my TX like new. While I had it open I dropped a tiny drop of wd40 into the power switch, which had stopped working, and it works like new now also. -- ----------------------------- I only talk like that in the movies
From: TungstenC on 24 Apr 2008 06:18
PdaParts have now got stock of glass digitisers for the TX at http://www.pdaparts.com (Code: PA1693) "Doug Warner" <dwarner22(a)ccharter.net> wrote in message news:8tk4u3dma9tt49fv1f9bun9lsdqbq8ohu6(a)4ax.com... > If any product needed an extended warranty, it's this one. > > Started losing calibration at the bottom of the screen. Normal > calibrator no help, since it only calibrates the upper half.. > > Then got worse, where taps at the very bottom edge would select items > along the top. > > Now, with full-screen writing accidentally turned on, if I draw a > horizontal line, I get a jagged line, some distance from the stylus -- > Useless. > > 1. Is there a non-palm alternative with same-size screen that's ore > reliable? (I suspect not, since all the screens probably coe fro the > same suppliers, but at least others may not blame the issue on > software like Palm does > > 2. Do the replacement digitizers always work? (Reluctant to take a > chance at $100. > > After this failure, I charged up my spare TX and noticed that the > digitizer is off along the bottom too, Then I re-synced it, (No > changes in app load for at least 6 months), and it died after the > second reset. (Hard, soft reset no help) > > I've been a palm used since the original Pilot, and it's the software > library that's kept me here, but a failure every year or so is is > getting hard to bear. > -- > Email reply: please remove one letter from each side of "@" > Spammers are Scammers. Exterminate them. |