Hi
I'm hoping someone can help me. I have an Archos 80 G9 given to me as it wasnt charging, the connector had come off the board but I have re soldered it back and now charges fine.
However whilst I had the tablet was apart the touch screen no longer works, (whether a connector is broke or not I am unsure.) I am hoping someone has a picture of how the inside is supposed to look like or take a picture then I can begin the process of elimination.
Many Thanks
Hi,
I had a similar problem with an Archos, it turned out the screen just needed to be configured again
Hold power and volume up on boot till the white screen
Repair system
Force touch screen calibration
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If this doesn't work check your connection on the two ribbons connected to te motherboard that is the only two connectors from screen to the board, the other two white and black wires are power and signal for wireless.
Good luck
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So I cracked my LCD screen, bought a replacement, opened up the phone w/ little incident (man they really do cram a lot in there!) and I powered it on.....
the screen is just white, if I fiddle with the connection at where the LCD connects into what I believe is the digitizer I can kind of see a keypad button layout.
What do these symptoms describe and does anyone have a link to the service manual?
Thanks in advance for your time.
I had to replace the LCD on a wizard so here my experience... Make sure the two data ribbons are inserted securely. Also, before you power on, plug your hermes into your computer (assuming your computer is on and logged in as an admin) via USB (this sounds weird but I had to do this for some reason....) and then turn on the wizard.
If you still have a problem, you may have damaged something more than the screen.
Good luck.
Ok I will give plugging it in a shot.
Before you plugged it in what did it do when you powered it on?
anyone else have any input on what the issue could be?
It could be wrong LCD. There are two types of LCD for hermes/wizard with same connector but they are different. One is with gold flex cable, the other is with black flex cable. First one is most popular on wizards, the other on hermes. Check what was the color of your previous lcd flex cable and the new one.
Instructions
Can anyone post the instructions on how to take the lcd apart ?
I have gotten this far
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1152710&page=1&pp=15
I'm a bit afraid to go on without instructions
Here is the lcd I got
http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytn-touch-p-87.html
hi, i replaced the digitizer on my hd2 (uk) and now after screwing it all together, it wont boot, when i plug in the charger, the red charging light lights up, but nothing else.
it worked before i changed it, do you think i broke something inside? or fitted it incorrectly?
i mean would it not start if it was fitted incorrectly?
its not dead if the charge light lights up right?
thanks
also have the same problem...please help
Did you plug the motherboard in? I recently had an issue with my mini usb (broke off the motherboard), took it a part and tried to solider it back on (with no success) put it all back together and it would not turn on. Thankfully I didn't put it completely back together and noticed I didn't connect the little ribbon cable to the motherboard. Also, in the process somehow now my digitizer doesn't work fubar!
For those who experience problems with the lcd screen of there Archos, I can tell you why this happens.
I have an Archos 101 g9 250 gb Tablet. I now experience problems with my screen. When I press the bottom of the tablet the screen flickers, All kind of colors show.
My warranty is over, I contacted archos in France, China (manufacturer). No reply at all.
I found out that this is an problem that happens a lot with Archos tablet.
So what to do now. I opened it, checked the yellow ribbon that connects the lcd screen to the hardware of the tablet. See the pictures. After some fiddling I found out that the ribbon has a weak part.
The ribbon is made out of two parts. The connection to the lcd screen is 40 pin, while the ribbon itself is 20 pin. They soldered the 40 pin to the 20 pin. Where it is soldered together some pins are broken.
This 40 pin connection is on the bottom of the lcd screen. So, when you press on the bottom of the tablet, you automatically press on the connection.
I tried to repair it, but I found out that repairing is impossible. It is to small.
And now I can throw the tablet away.
My name is Reinier from the Netherlands.
poplemanie said:
For those who experience problems with the lcd screen of there Archos, I can tell you why this happens.
I have an Archos 101 g9 250 gb Tablet. I now experience problems with my screen. When I press the bottom of the tablet the screen flickers, All kind of colors show.
My warranty is over, I contacted archos in France, China (manufacturer). No reply at all.
I found out that this is an problem that happens a lot with Archos tablet.
So what to do now. I opened it, checked the yellow ribbon that connects the lcd screen to the hardware of the tablet. See the pictures. After some fiddling I found out that the ribbon has a weak part.
The ribbon is made out of two parts. The connection to the lcd screen is 40 pin, while the ribbon itself is 20 pin. They soldered the 40 pin to the 20 pin. Where it is soldered together some pins are broken.
This 40 pin connection is on the bottom of the lcd screen. So, when you press on the bottom of the tablet, you automatically press on the connection.
I tried to repair it, but I found out that repairing is impossible. It is to small.
And now I can throw the tablet away.
My name is Reinier from the Netherlands.
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Hi Reiner!
You have break your warrantly... I have a an archos 80 g9 and I have the same problem. I thin the solution is to buy a new tablet...
Peace.
Hey Guys,
so after having to replace my screen a cpl of months ago which worked fine (disregarding the trouble with MTK drivers and such), I now decided to replace the entire frame as the glass wasn't sitting on the frame properly and was only held in place by the transparent silicon case from Ele.
Well, now my power button doesn't work anymore. The screen lights up when I plug in the charging cable and displays charge % and the battery image.
Powering up with the button doesn't do anything. The ribbon cable and connections seem fine. Buttons click.
Unfortunately, I didn't film the entire process and I now realized, that I have one small metal plate left. 0.1 cm x 3 cm in size, very thin.
I suspect it's the reason the power button is no longer functional but I cannot seem to figure out where it belongs. I checked the disassembly movies on youtube but it does not show up anywhere.
If I recall correctly, it sort of fell out when plucking out the Screen.
Anybody got an idea?
Thanks
Edit: Ok found the position of the metal plates in some spanish video, they are part of the sim tray stabilization.
Problem remains. I am out of ideas.
CLOSED: Ribbon cable does indeed have a super small tear... ffs
Have a galaxy tab 10.1 and the screen started getting screwed up. It's mainly used by my son for YouTube kids so it does get some abuse. The screen would streak and some of the colors would reverse, i.e. the menu bar would become white instead of black. Not negative but just odd color changes and streaks of color through the screen.
At first I found it would fix after slightly twisting the device. Then it wouldn't resolve itself at all so based on the idea it was probably a loose connection and some research suggesting the ribbon cable as a common failure I opened it up. After wiggling the ribbon cable I noticed it resolved the issue. I removed and reset the cable and it was fixed.
Now again today the tablet got dropped and went white. I was able to resolve it by twisting for a little then as before it wouldn't resolve. I opened it up and reset for a moment before going white again.
I can't get it to resolve at all now, and it's not seeming to light up either but the ribbon cable would cause both.
The ribbon cable takes a u-turn and inserts into the one slot. It seemed like when I manipulated the bend the problem would come and go. I couldn't be sure if it was the cable or connection but am wondering if anyone has seen a similar problem or issues with the cables or connections that are the same?
Thinking I'd change the ribbon cable and hope it works before delving deeper.
TIA
Bryan