Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

I have EXACTLY the same problem.
I recently fired up my S1000KB which I've had for 20 years and for a plit second all the pixels on the display light up, then I briefly see the menu as you'd expect, then the whole thing goes dark blue with the menu very slightly visible.
The backlight was replaced this week with a good new one. turning the contrast knob makes no difference apart from when it's all the way turned anti-clockwise when the characters you'd expect to see on the home menu are barely visible (but not readable).
I've tried replacing the display with one from a 'spares' model I have with no success.
What's next to try?


--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Shoop" <returners@...> wrote:
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> Hello all - my name's Brian - I'm just starting to dabble in sampling and figured an S1000 was a good way to start... however, I've got a problem. Upon powering up, the display on the S1000 blinks solid gray for a second then returns to the all-blue colour it has when it's off. I was under the impression if this was a backlight issue I'd still be able to see text on the display albeit unlit and vague - but I'm not certain, that was just an assumption. Is it really the backlight that's the problem, or is there a bigger display problem I have to deal with here? The rest of the sampler seems to be functioning alright - an operating system disk makes various loading noises and seems to work fine - except since I haven't actually USED the thing and can't see anything on the display I have no further means of testing the rest of it... any help would be greatly appreciated cos I'm psyched to eventually be able to use this.
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