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LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) chwu Profile The LCD display of my webplayer is totally blank (but the backlit is on) after I installed a hard drive. I checked all the cable connections, they look OK. I can hear the hard drive spinning when I power up the machine. Everything was working perfectly before I put together all parts. What did I do wrong? Any suggestions? Thanks for your time. C.H. Wu 12-12-2001 00:20:45

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) kray Profile | Email >>The LCD display of my webplayer is totally blank (but the backlit is on) after I installed a hard drive. I checked all the cable >>connections, they look OK. There is a difference is 'looking OK' and 'being OK'. The webplayer isn't booting probably. Is the green light on or does it stay orange (on the front of the webplayer) ? Remove the disk and try to boot again, does this work? 12-19-2001 03:03:07

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) zmoz Profile I am having the same problem. It worked, then I installed a hard drive, then it didnt work! I removed the hard drive and just tried to get it to work the old way, but no go. When I turn it on, all the lights act as if it is turning on, but there is nothing on the display. I dont think i did anything to the screen, and I checked all the wires, and they look OK. What could I have done??? Please help me!!! I guess I can allways return it to Ubid and say it never worked.... 02-27-2002 14:56:59

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) Poonkla Profile | Email My Story: I installed a hard drive and Win 98SE and everything was great. Installed great, ran excellent. I then was programming a hard drive for a friend so I took it apart again. Formatted his hard drive, but I was board when formatting so I took the LCD off of the monitor frame and looked at it. I unplugged the visual connector. (The one on the left side under the LCD, and I just plugged it back in. Now, when I try to start it with my hard drive that i know works, now when I turn power on, The hard drive spins up, green light comes on, back light comes on, speakers "click", holds for a second then the back-light turns off, yellow light, and does it all again. What do yall think? Please help! (Three of us) "Whatever they don't make you do, is fun" -Hobbes 03-24-2002 18:43:04

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) Texxy Profile Any luck with the cable? My Webplayer just did the same to me. 06-19-2002 00:03:17

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) kombatmud Profile I've got the same problem. In mine, it's definately the data cable connecting the LCD panel to the motherboard. I checked it with a multimeter, which verified that at least one pin wasn't making a connection, then I inspected it closer, and saw that one of the wires came loose. I tried soldering it back together, but that didn't seem to work. I think that I just need a new cable, but I have no idea where to get one. Any ideas? 06-22-2002 05:01:45

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) ccandreva Profile | Email In my experience, the repeated green/yelow of the power light meant the unit was not getting sufficient power. I first ran in to this trying to make a new power cable for a web player. A cheap barrel-plug from Radio Shack wouldn't work, but a molded cable/barrel plug assembly from Mouser worked fine. I just posted a new thread about the same problem trying to replace the power jac from the back of a player where the jack went bad -- trying to solder wires directly to the board isn't even working now. You might check your power check for damage -- now I'm going to check the LCD cable tonight too ! 06-22-2002 09:14:52

RE:LCD display does not work, Please help (modified 0 times) Lady Profile I have the same problem. I've checked all the connects and they are good. Nothing I've read so far have been helpful. Can some one please help? If I can't get this thing working I'm just going to sell the thing. Do you think anyone would buy a non-working Webplayer? Or should I just sale it for parts? 06-29-2002 12:56:48

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