Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
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By The Grublet Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:12 pm
I just put this in last night.

heres a few pics of how i did it.

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Heres the new piece soldered in place. make sure to mark where your screen sits (left and right) to center the new backlight. I screwed up by about 1/16 of an inch so you can see 2 spots on the right side of the screen when the screen is lit.

all I care is that all the characters are lit.

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heres the screen hinges you need to remove. pay attention to the springs and how they are installed when you disassemble.

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screen removed (do this from underneath (4 corner screws on metal case underside)

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the screen after new backlight.

Notice the right side dim squares, I am going to re-soldier the screen over a little more when I go to install the new underbuttons i need to install (mpc-stuff sent the wrong ones.)






BTW. new paintjob on the XL
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