zanteeh
Jul 25 2007, 03:44 AM
After waiting 3 months to re-start my project, waiting to have enough time for it, I asked my brother to help me. The screen was stuck in its holder, and it made a little clak!
When I looked at it, I came acrross with this:

Click to enlargeIs this fixable?
I think that if I come up with some method that makes this contact stick together, from the sides, may work. But I can't use any glue or solder, cause I'll get all pins in contacts, and we don't want that
Or do i just start forgetting my pj?
Thank you all in advance
fmerrill
Jul 25 2007, 04:12 AM
Normally, when these get damaged, it's the FFC itself that gets a crack or a tear. Since this isn't the case you could try making some type of non-conductive clamp to hold the FFC that has separated back to the driver board. It would have to be lightweight, maybe some type of plastic. Maybe a 'chip-clip' (a snack chip bag clip).
It will probably be hard to get those perfectly aligned, or, maybe not, since the other FFCs didn't come off and may well help to align it. Also, maybe just super-glue (cyanocrylate) on either side, with a light clamp to hold the contacts together.
In any case, you have nothing to lose at this point.
zanteeh
Jul 25 2007, 04:31 AM
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you have nothing to lose at this point
you have a point there
I'll try clamping it, I hadn't thought about that before
I think aligning it will not be the harder part, but keep it aligned in time will be. Maybe I can try with some clip, and then glueing it furiously haha
Thank you :], you have help me a lot
Any other suggestions will be welcome
jonjandran
Jul 25 2007, 06:04 AM
As mentioned try a clip of some sort.
A binder clip from an office supply store might work. Or a small plastic clamp from the hardware store.
RedHerringHack
Jul 25 2007, 11:34 AM
Man I hate to see this. If you can manage to get the connector aligned correctly and clamped, you could try a heat gun to reflow the connections, but having never done it before, and having it ripped apart your chances of succeeding is approaching nil. An experienced tech maybe might be able to pull it off. Reball, and reflow with hot air 800 degrees. Not a hair drier.
But you have to start somewhere, some time. But you are going to have to buy a new LCD.
Good luck friend.
Jeff
Durachko
Jul 25 2007, 12:25 PM
Very, very careful clamping. You may wish to fabricate a clamp of your own. That's a really tough problem you've got there. Best of luck.
x_25
Jul 25 2007, 04:50 PM
Clamp it like they all said, i think a small binder clip would work. Once you get it clamped and working, carfully without moving anything, use hot glue around the edges of the conector to hold it in place, this will keep it from moving around.
zanteeh
Jul 25 2007, 09:30 PM
Thanks u all.
Anytime I try it, I'll let you know
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