Re: TI-H: I NEED SOME HELP! I SCREWED UP MY 85!
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Re: TI-H: I NEED SOME HELP! I SCREWED UP MY 85!
I could fix it for free...
Grant
>Greetings TI-Hardware subscribers,
> A couple of days ago I attempted to turbo my TI-85. I didn't
>have a soldiering iron so I popped the C9 off with a mini screw driver.
>Sure enough the C9 came off nice and neatly leaving two metal contacts
>for cap replacement. However I accidently hit the screen cable that
>connects the calculator board with the screen board. As a result my
>screen was blank whenever I turn on the calc. I tried to bridge the
>contacts with masking tape and aluminum foil. It kind of worked and then
>the tape gave out. So then I figured that I could solder some wire to
>the four broken contacts. That was a nightmare! The solder was balling
>up in large clumps and wasn't sticking to the metal contacts. I went
>back to the tape and foil idea with scotch tape. Once again it worked a
>little bit and then it gave out. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can
>bridge the contacts? They are about a milimeter thick with about a
>milimeter of spacing. BTW: Sending it back toTI isn'tan option, A: the
>case and innerds are clearly modified B: It is a reconditioned calc to
>begin with. I need to get the screen working! I implemented my turbo
>switch with 4 speed setting and all that is wrong with that damn thing is
>that 4 screen contacts aren't connected! PLEASE HELP ME! - Mike
>
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