downerczx Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) I have been experiencing a green bar on my LCD (I am moving this out of another topic for relevancy). It started after months of normal use. I have checked and rechecked the solder joints and pins leading to the LCD on my sammichSID but to no avail. My sammichSID otherwise works fine, the startup LED's flash, I have sound when I play through it, but... green bar of death. I've tried adjusting the contrast knobs and they make the bar brighter and softer. Is this the best replacement? http://www.sureelectronics.net/goods.php?id=1033 thank you Edited January 7, 2012 by downerczx Quote
TK. Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 Yes, this is a good & inexpensive replacement. Let us know replacing the LCD helped. Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote
downerczx Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Posted January 13, 2012 Well... I got the display today, then tried to unsolder the pins from my old LCD and found it... impossible! After cutting the thing into pieces, my pins were practically destroyed. Does anyone have a part # where I could order a new pin bridge? thanks Quote
Janis1279 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Posted January 13, 2012 Hi, mouser electronics has data sheets: http://eu.mouser.com...er+2x16&FS=True May be it helps Regards, Janis Quote
Gilesjuk Posted January 14, 2012 Report Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Too late now, but in future use a blow lamp to heat up the joints then remove. But only if you are 100% sure the display is toast as it will be toasty afterwards :) Edited January 14, 2012 by Gilesjuk Quote
Wilba Posted January 14, 2012 Report Posted January 14, 2012 Easy fix: I will send replacements. FWIW, I buy those exact LCDs from that supplier for the kits. They are good and cheap but about 1 in 50 don't pass my QA due to imperfections with the LCD substrate or whatever... they have some bright green spots around the active area. I test every LCD I sell, because it's less time and effort than trying to troubleshoot someone's sammich* which doesn't show a boot screen :wink: Quote
downerczx Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Posted February 6, 2012 I have a really hard time soldering these pins. Any suggestions? Quote
Janis1279 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Posted February 6, 2012 Hi, When you removed an old pin bridge you needed to clean all holes with a needle or a small size drill with a help of a soldering iron with a tin. Without a tin the hot soldering iron can easily to damage the traces on the pcboard. Regards, Janis Quote
downerczx Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Posted February 12, 2012 sammichSID Back Online!!! Quote
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