IBM 560X Backlamp Replacement (Panel Disassembly)

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How do you open the display panel shell to get to the LCD, My display looks
tungsten yellow and dim.
I have a replacement lamp

-Joe (NOSPAM)


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"Joe" <joe.amp@NOSPAMverizon.net> writes:
> How do you open the display panel shell to get to the LCD, My display looks
> tungsten yellow and dim.
> I have a replacement lamp

That sounds like the DC/DC converter going bad, not the lamp.

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SUCCESS !
What a frightening experience, a 1/4 inch strip of very strong double stick
tape exists between the TFT frame and the converter. The panel does not come
apart exactly as the manual says (Remove the screw covers, screws then pull
down).
Had to pull the left side down and open just enough to cut the tape strip
with and Exacto knife to get the right side to release.
Replacing the lamp was another nightmare, the rows of LCD ribbons fold over
the tube, had to lift over the whole works.
WHAT A STUPID DESIGN !

I used a lamp from a Samsung TFT panel pulled from an AST Ascentia, its MUCH
brighter, better blues, current draw on the converter hasn't changed.
I need a drink !

-Joe


"Joe" <joe.amp@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:iPmHc.15328$Xb4.8373@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> >2 or 4 screws, they are usually hidden.
>
> Yep, I still cant find them I do see what looks like 4 plugs but I cant
get
> them out
> Have to see what's going on with this lamp or inverter.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IAlHc.1072$JI.944@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> > The exact procedure varies, but there are almost invariably 2 or 4
> > screws, they are usually hidden. Once removed, it snaps apart, but
> > there is a "technique" to it, get it wrong and you break plastic parts.
> > For most IBM models, the service manual is on the IBM web site and can
> > be downloaded.
> >
> >
> > Joe wrote:
> >
> > > How do you open the display panel shell to get to the LCD, My display
> looks
> > > tungsten yellow and dim.
> > > I have a replacement lamp
> > >
> > > -Joe (NOSPAM)
> > >
> > >
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