Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:02:05 GMT From: "Bill Jackson" <wjacksonnospamesterdotrr.com> Subject: Re: Mildly entertaining SID tale
oh yea, you're right. The issue (at least with mine) was not the glass end but the PCB end. There is WAY too much strain on the flex and it causes delamination of the conductors, which then break. sorry for the confusion "Colin Stamp" <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com> wrote in message news:vr3qt1tseeh63j4fiqthn529o0uljflfmnnospamcom... > On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:30:33 GMT, "Bill Jackson" > <wjacksonnospamesterdotrr.com> wrote: > >>from what I've been able to see, it's not held on with conductive glue but >>hot bar soldered. I looked at mine under a microscope at work. It's >>convenient to have electronics techs working with you! > > That might be the case at the PCB end, but they'd have awful trouble > soldering anything to glass! > >> >>The real pisser is that I finally broke down and bought a new one, $500 >>installed and it's been just over a year, and just out of warranty, and >>it's >>started all over again. > > Now that's *really* annoying. You have my sympathy. > > Cheers, > > Colin.
