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Date Posted: 13:13:20 05/24/00 Wed
In reply to:
Ashot
's message, "Video noise/Loose connection (Trent,Ken ?)" on 11:19:30 05/24/00 Wed
The switch on the SE is right near the suspend button. Not sure what to recommend since the normal course of action would be to replace the connector switch. The switch itself is fairly small. I don't know if its worth removing the LCD screen, then opening it to check it
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> Hi,
>
> My question is of technical nature.
> Since the first day on display of my Vivante SE there
> were _faint_ white raster lines ( like video noise, or
> e/m interference noise) in the upper right corner area
> ( about 1 inch wide) close to the suspend and
> brightness controls. Lines are horisontal of about
> 1/8 inch thick and are spaced evenly runnig in the
> vertical direction.This (video) noise reacted ( the
> vertical frequency/direction changed) on my hand being
> on the back of the LCD panel in the mentioned area.
>
> There were nothing wrong with the machine in general,
> except suspend button often would not respond. But
> recently with the summer approaching and temperature
> rising, the noise looks like disappeared, and suspend
> buton is woking properly. But I noticed that when
> temperature is falling down the faint lines are back
> and suspend is suffering again.
>
> It looks like there's a loose contact/connector
> somewhere or a pinched/cracked wire, or a crack on the
> board, but I'm not sure what to check.
>
> So my question is where possibly the loose wire might
> be. And what circuits are in the mentioned area and
> how they connected to the board. I suspect the
> suspend switch, so where/how could I check the
> switch/connecting wires.
>
> My warrany with ASE is over, so I'd appreciate your
> opinions and especially the ones of our valuable techs
> Trent and Ken.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ashot
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