Be Careful Screwing!

[EvilDragon]

Heh, a cool reading-light mod in the pipeline?

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Hehe, not exactly a reading mod

But I completely removed the broken LCD and soldered some wires to the BackLight.

Now it's a perfect light for looking at Dia Frames

(I know I'm crazy )

@Telco:
Thanks for clicking... but they only count clicks from different IPs.
Otherwise it would be too easy to make money from that (just open
an account and click on your own banner as often as you can )

Hmm... just looked... a GP32 BLU with Dungeon and Guarder SMC and RF-Link is 133 Euro atm at Lik-Sang... not bad

And if it doesn't reach 166MHz, I still have a working BLU board which runs at 166MHz, so I can always exchange them

But I'll still try on Monday getting a new LCD first...

 

[Bingo Jesus]

Thanks for clicking... but they only count clicks from different IPs.
Otherwise it would be too easy to make money from that (just open
an account and click on your own banner as often as you can )

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Well you got a banner click from me as well. Every little helps and all. I was going to paint my case and give mine a volt mod, but now I'm not so sure.

 

[Goity]

you might get lucky and get a 180mhz one like me!

 

[Jarska333]

Heh, a cool reading-light mod in the pipeline?

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Hehe, not exactly a reading mod

But I completely removed the broken LCD and soldered some wires to the BackLight.

Now it's a perfect light for looking at Dia Frames

(I know I'm crazy )

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All you need is a "slot" for the dia's...

 

[EvilDragon]

Now it's a perfect light for looking at Dia Frames

(I know I'm crazy )

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All you need is a "slot" for the dia's...

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Not really, as the TFT display is removed, there is some more space left in the original frame in which the TFT and the BLU is embedded.

You can snap in your dia's between it and the BLU

Works great

 

[Quiest]

Any news about the display replacement (I`m interested in this too)
Where in Germany is the company?

 

[EvilDragon]

Any news about the display replacement (I`m interested in this too)
Where in Germany is the company?

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Not yet.

It's here: http://www.distec.de

A lot of links on their homepage are broken though.

This is the contact:

Distec GmbH

Geschäftsleitung
Norbert Feuchtgruber
Günther Hirschberger

Industriestrasse 1
D - 82110 Germering

Telefon
+49 (0)89 894363-0

Fax
+49 (0)89 894363-131

E-Mail
info@distec.de

(Germering is near Munich)

 

[Jarska333]

I wonder if replacing the LCD would fix the problem with the gray bar some people have suffered...

 

[EvilDragon]

I wonder if replacing the LCD would fix the problem with the gray bar some people have suffered...

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I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Since this bar is not ALWAYS visible, the LCD is fine.
It must be a chip in the GP hardware which causes this.

Maybe I can get hold of an LCD from the faulty batch - then I can tell you for sure.

 

[WrongEyedJesus]

At this rate you might as well just ask Game Park for a circuit diagram and hunt down all the componants yourself. You might have to make a custom case but it would certainly be unique.

Notch me up for a banner click as well........

 

[johncross85]

@ EvilDragon...

If you find a lot of resistance when trying to buy a screen direct from the manufacturer you might want to try a different angle. There will be no profit in it for them as the small amount that they make on an individual screen would be easily outweighed by the cost in man-hours of processing the order and running it through the accounts.

However, all companies like positive publicity. If you could put some spin on it whereby they get publicity then I'm sure they'd be keen. A quirky press release like "Samsung shows they aren't to big to help the little guy!" would get press interest, especially if it was backed up by something independant like.... erm, I dunno.... a load of positive posts on some discussion board of something... dunno how you could pull that off though

J(ohn)

 

[EvilDragon]

@ EvilDragon...

If you find a lot of resistance when trying to buy a screen direct from the manufacturer you might want to try a different angle. There will be no profit in it for them as the small amount that they make on an individual screen would be easily outweighed by the cost in man-hours of processing the order and running it through the accounts.

However, all companies like positive publicity. If you could put some spin on it whereby they get publicity then I'm sure they'd be keen. A quirky press release like "Samsung shows they aren't to big to help the little guy!" would get press interest, especially if it was backed up by something independant like.... erm, I dunno.... a load of positive posts on some discussion board of something... dunno how you could pull that off though

J(ohn)

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Hehe, I work for a TV station - and you can see us via Astra.digital in most parts Europe...

I'm always using this eMail adress to contact them

 

[EvilDragon]

BIG UPDATE:

I'm getting a new BLU LCD screen from Lik-Sang for 38,90 US$

I'll tell you if it works

Looks like I'm really gonna reanimate my BLU. Cooool

 

[Jarska333]

Welcome to the world of grey bars. h34r:

Hals und Beinbruck! (Or something...)

 

[EvilDragon]

Welcome to the world of grey bars. h34r:

Hals und Beinbruck! (Or something...)

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I'm not getting a new BLU, I'm getting an intact LCD from a defective BLU, so it should be a Samsung one

 

[Jarska333]

As much I understood, but maybe the "defect" of the BLU was grey bar...

 

[EvilDragon]

As much I understood, but maybe the "defect" of the BLU was grey bar...

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Haha, I don't think they will rip out the LCD from a "grey bar" BLU, as they have the confirmation from GamePark that these units aren't defective