Re: TI-H: I NEED SOME HELP! I SCREWED UP MY 85!


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Re: TI-H: I NEED SOME HELP! I SCREWED UP MY 85!




I could fix it for free...

Grant


>Greetings TI-Hardware subscribers,
>	A couple of days ago I attempted to turbo my TI-85.  I didn't
>have a soldiering iron so I popped the C9 off with a mini screw driver.
>Sure enough the C9 came off nice and neatly leaving two metal contacts
>for cap replacement.  However I accidently hit the screen cable that
>connects the calculator board with the screen board.  As a result my
>screen was blank whenever I turn on the calc.  I tried to bridge the
>contacts with masking tape and aluminum foil.  It kind of worked and then
>the tape gave out.  So then I figured that I could solder some wire to
>the four broken contacts.  That was a nightmare!  The solder was balling
>up in large clumps and wasn't sticking to the metal contacts.  I went
>back to the tape and foil idea with scotch tape.  Once again it worked  a
>little bit and then it gave out.  Does anyone have any ideas on how I can
>bridge the contacts?  They are about a milimeter thick with about a
>milimeter of spacing.  BTW:  Sending it back toTI isn'tan option, A: the
>case and innerds are clearly  modified B: It is a reconditioned calc to
>begin with.  I need to get the screen working!  I implemented my turbo
>switch with 4 speed setting and all that is wrong with that damn thing is
>that 4 screen contacts aren't connected!  PLEASE HELP ME!      - Mike
>
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