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Umm, are you soldering to the contact areas on the glass??  

I believe that the proper way to make contact with a glass LCD is with
a "zebra strip".

Googling for the terms LCD ZEBRA STRIP brings up some information.

Have Fun!

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Bradley" <adam_j_bradley@y...>
wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> After a short hiatus (house painting, travel etc) I'm back trying
to 
> get my LCD to work!
> 
> After soldering a couple of jumpers on a board with some pitted 
> tracks,  I _have_ managed to get the LCD to work.  However, not 
> reliably.  My issue now seems to be soldering the SIL header to the 
> LCD and the lack of positive contact between the pins/sockets.
> 
> The LCD would appear to be at least doubled sided, with tracks on 
> both sides.  Do I need to solder both sides of the LCD to the SIL?
> 
> TIA,
> Adam
> 
> PS: LCD's sure are hard to de-solder!