(Tried it on two different Psions, andĭoesn't work for ever and wd-40 may need to be re-applied a month or so The wd-40 allows the copper contacts to work again.įixes 90% of the Jail-Bar problems. Remove batteries from compartment and squirt ribbon cable from rear. Open the cover about 25% and squirt wd-40 in onto the ribbon cable (not too

The bars still come and go, but the problem is much reduced,Īnd I plan to retire the psion into a home-vt100-terminal role. Jail-bar-free state, as tugging on the cable improved things on the The straight state appeared to be the reliable On both sides of the cable, to try to stiffen it and discourage itįrom bending. So I taped several pieces of old plastic card (credit card) to the cable there, Of the cable at the place where it disappeared into the screen. I reckoned the problem was associated with bending and straightening Is just enough space to fit a piece of tape 5mm wide through. In this position, you can get at both sides of the cable, and there (Held it open with tape from jaw to jaw.) I removed the battery case (4 screws), and half-opened the psion. Then I tried a simpler hack, which worked for my jail bars: I read dejanews and found a few fixes including usingĬar-windscreen-repair-gloop for restoring the defroster wires To the screen having internal cracks in its copper or bad solder This is apparently a well-known problem, caused by the cable Give way then the spring holds the nail head in place anyway.Ģ9.jpg ( 176 K) : Fixing the display cable to get rid of the vertical lines (jail bars)ĩ9/11/27, my psion 3a developed vertical lines on the screen. Succeeded with superglue! Though if the superglue does Mouldings This was one of the few occasions I have Shape allowed the head to fit snugly among the various The drilled hole and superglued it into place.

I sawed it to a stump of the right sizeĪnd filed the head to a D. Tony Humphreys said I created the new hinge pin from a small round

I bent it double to give it some thickness, then Has been removed here is a hinge and spring.Īm twisting the button bar so you can see the stump of the hinge. Psion looks like when you open it when your left hinge is broken. The blue connector should go back in the centreĢ1.jpg ( 176 K) : Left Hinge Surgery 10.jpg ( 184 K) : This is what your Note also the main top to bottom connectors No real damage done, but if I had been clumsier, Lifting the keyboard cover's two prongs out, I scratched the circuitīoard underneath. Used a metal screwdriver, and at the tricky moment when Preferably use a blunter plastic instrument. Up the keyboard cover, ONLY insert your tools in theĭead centre, where there is a dimple in the circuit board. (I did this by lifting out the front, next to the space bar, first, thenġ8.jpg ( 192 K) : The back of the keyboard cover is held down by a total of six tabs the edge ones point backwardsĪnd the centre ones hook downwards. Released from its retaining tab, but not disconnected (see part 3 of the FAQ at, UK faq site, local copy here 15.jpg ( 168 K) : The battery connector Right-hinge fixing info (link now expired).] Fixing the display cable to get rid of the vertical lines (jail bars) (no pictures).Surgery on the button bar and hinge of psion 3a (explicit photographs!).recovering from the loss of the button bar.My experiences with hooking a psion 3a up to a workstation.

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