S950 backlight replacement (Pics & Instructions)

Nice.....excellent job!

You incuranged me to get a new backlight for my 900 and 60.

Got white for both.

I was told they if you take the display apart you risk getting lines in your display. Consider your self lucky =)

950skweezyotitties wrote:

s11... peep the card reader flossin to the top right... buh leeeev i keep them backlights crispy

Where did you get your card reader from ?

i sell em come on you aint seen all my posts. accordin to lamp n tutor they were more than visible. ( yeah i had one in the 3k section and one in the 2k)

Good info Bro!
I'm about to go check out a 950 from dude who is selling it for mad cheap... 50 quid ($95!!!!). The screen doesn't work so hopefully it's just a loose/broken connection or needs replacement.
I copied and pasted your tutorial to Word doc for future use. Cheers!

great thread! i just replaced my s900's backlight, and now it's crystal clear:)

im a retard with installations so i will probably buy a screen and take it to akai when mine goes out. i hope my one isnt going to have a shyt screen its arriving next week.

Are there any other common problems with this unit that need fixing aside from the screen?

Donlong wrote:im a retard with installations so i will probably buy a screen and take it to akai when mine goes out. i hope my one isnt going to have a shyt screen its arriving next week.

Are there any other common problems with this unit that need fixing aside from the screen?

dude the akai rep in melbourne won't touch your s950 with a 50 foot pole, better off looking for a local repairer. But seriously, the only hard part is two little solder points you've gotta do and careful with the lcd bracket.
drop me a pm if you wanna ask anything

BenHoughton wrote:

Donlong wrote:im a retard with installations so i will probably buy a screen and take it to akai when mine goes out. i hope my one isnt going to have a shyt screen its arriving next week.

Are there any other common problems with this unit that need fixing aside from the screen?

dude the akai rep in melbourne won't touch your s950 with a 50 foot pole, better off looking for a local repairer. But seriously, the only hard part is two little solder points you've gotta do and careful with the lcd bracket.
drop me a pm if you wanna ask anything

no worries lol thanks. yeah i emailed them and they said its too old! yeah i will let u know my s950 will arrive next week. I'll let u know wat condition it is in.

Great post,
thanks Stilo!!!

Thanks 4 that. Very helpful...

Good post...

But remember you have to be Very Very careful when attempting a backlight replacement as any mistakes can easily ruin your LCD screen if not preformed with due care.

Thanks guys...yes I think I made it clear that you do that at your own risk. But as I did it anyway, I thought the walkthrough can be a help to anybody thinking about changing his backlight and not being sure what is waiting for him.

You can also make your own pretty easily. This sheet of EL Foil was not quite long enough, so I just spliced two pieces together and laminated them. That line through the O in TONE is actually the splice line. It doesn't bother me, but some people are more finicky with their stuff. I'm just happy I can read my display again!



http://cgi.ebay.com/EL-Neon-Foil-DIY-Ki ... m153.l1262

The inverter in the sampler will run this foil just as well as the original, so you can use the one that comes with it for other projects like car gauges, MPCs etc.

PLEASE HELP ME MY DISPLAY LOOKS LIKE THIS


im so angry, cause, cause i nedidn't test it as i was going on along with a kettle lead

anyway. Ive only jsut found about this thread. I got really pissed when I found out there was something gluey stuff sticking the foil down, i ended up destroying the end bit of the foil with tweezers. it wouldn't budge. So in the end I put the new foil over the top of the failing foil.

screwed it all back together which took about 5 hours cause the case is made really bad (well it is, isn't it)

now i got this ^^^ all the buttons light up, nothing works and ive just wasted 6 hours and im annoyed now.