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ste
10-22-2002, 09:46 AM
Is it just my machine or are others experiencing contrast and brightness settings acting up when one opens their netbook??

2-3 times a day I have to reset my screen settings in controlpanel as the screen is unreadable....
netBookBabe
10-22-2002, 01:02 PM
Oh dear! Don't like the sound of that at all - I certainly haven't experienced anything of the kind on my netBook.

I hope you get it sorted.

Julie
WolfUK
10-22-2002, 04:11 PM
Are you sure that this is not just the standard 'feature' the means that the screen takes a short 'warm up', leading it to get brighter during the first few moments after switch on.
ste
10-23-2002, 08:44 AM
nope...I have to go to control panel to rectify....looks like its off for repair.....I now have an intermittant problem whereby the bottom half of the screen has vertical lines all across it......
I can get rid of the lines but that involves a carefull "knock" on the back of it....Smells like a hardware fault.....Good job I have a backup series five otherwise I could just cry at the possibility of doing without my psion for ANY period of time
WolfUK
10-23-2002, 09:52 AM
Good luck with the repair ... it sounds as if the screen cable might be loose or breaking.

I have a 5mx as my backup machine but I am hoping to get a new netBook soon so that my current (Ebayed one) can become my spare.
netBookBabe
10-23-2002, 12:09 PM
Originally posted by ste
Good job I have a backup series five otherwise I could just cry at the possibility of doing without my psion for ANY period of time I can identify with that! It took me several months to psych myself up to sending in my netBook for rectification of a screen problem, even with an MC218 for backup. :rolleyes:

Julie
Colin Turner
10-23-2002, 06:33 PM
Originally posted by ste
Is it just my machine or are others experiencing contrast and brightness settings acting up when one opens their netbook??


This has been happening recently on my S7. The most effective, though short term, remedy seems to be to press the casing at the top of the keyboard. This is where the screen cable is connected to the motherboard.
Fred_R
10-24-2002, 06:04 AM
It's been happening on my 7Book too. But only since the change of personality.

I found that by using the advice elsewhere to press on the 'Ser7ies' logo above the '6' key the problem is sometimes fixed.
this suggests a cable problem?
My 7 is now over 12 months old and, I assume, subject to no more abuse than many others, tossed into briefcases, carried around rather carelessly etc.
As I am in Australia, I don't intend to send it anywhere in the near future, I will persevere until it becomes too bad then take the damn thing apart and fix it, I hope.

Fred
spegru
10-25-2002, 03:50 PM
Mine does this too - about one in three openings. It has done this for ages (1 yr?). I find a careful tap on the lid sorts it out every time.

It does seem a hardware fault but as in my case at least, there is no sign of it getting worse I'm inclined to leave it alone.

spegru

PS My 7book conversion had no effect on this