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From: bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: My LCD is Dying!
Keywords: 48SX
Message-ID: <6071@videovax.tv.tek.com>
Date: 5 Oct 90 15:39:24 GMT
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR
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My 48SX seems to have developed a problem with its LCD display.  There is a
region in the upper left-hand corner that is becoming dimmer than the rest of
the display.  I'd say it is about 10 X 10 pixels large.  The amount of dimness
seems to be related to the number of pixels turned on near the dim region.  For
instance, text looks mostly okay, but plots look terrible.  I can really see it
if I turn up the display contrast.  I see a white region surrounded by a dark
halo, which is then surrounded by normal looking pixels.

Has this happened to anyone else?  Looks like I'll be sending it back to HP
(after I find a way to back up my data).  When I send it in for repair, will HP
send me back a new (Rev. E?) machine instead of fixing mine?  Is this the first
time anyone on the net has had to have their 48 repaired?  Why do I ask so many
questions?

-- 
Bill McFadden    Tektronix, Inc.  P.O. Box 500  MS 58-639  Beaverton, OR  97077
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