Emax

I am having a similar issue on a Proteus 2000. I was going to replace the
display but I'll try this first.
On Jan 28, 2012 9:39 AM, "Johnny Tomasello" <johnny@...> wrote:

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> If I understand your problem, I had a similar one when I replaced the
> backlight in my Emax I. I noticed that not all the letters were displaying
> correctly, with missing segments. It seemed to me that the display needs to
> be pushed very tightly against its support for the contacts to work
> properly. So I put a small sliver of electrical tape, folded, on each side
> to help the support push more snugly against the display. And that fixed he
> problem. At first I was hesitant to add something like this, thinking it
> should work fine the way it was. But while testing the display out of its
> housing, I did find it needed to be fastened tightly to work correctly. And
> I was very careful not to add too much pressure. Just enough...
>
> If anyone else has an opinion, I'd be interested to hear an alternate
> solution.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> John.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jan 28, 2012, at 11:48 AM, "freddy1771994" <freddy1771994@...>
> wrote:
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> > Hi
> > I'm Freddy,17, from western Germany and a proud owner of an EMAX II
> > (4mb, will upgrade it tommorow to 8 mb).
> >
> > Today I wanted to change my el-foil which was no big deal. Now it lits
> > nicely bright again.
> >
> > I cannot explain why, BUT now the most letter of the field are not shown
> > anymore (
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/75453658@N08/6776680311/in/photostream/lightbox/).
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> > If I press my fingernail between the metal of the display and the glass,
> suddenly mor, BUT not all letters appear (
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/75453658@N08/6776680645/in/photostream/lightbox/
> ).
> >
> > I disassembled the EMAX now several time to get access to the display
> but none of my attemps were succesful. I decided to interrupt that, due to
> the fragility of electronic parts.
> >
> > PLEASE; What do think is the problem and what should I do solve it?
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance!
> >
> >
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