Tocuhscreen acting up

RodeoTristan · 09-22-2007, 03:12 AM

Hey there
I bought a generic brand touchscreen off ebay a while back. The screen worked fine for several months but over the past month it has been acting up. It is like something is touching it in the top left corner as the little arrow will go to the top left corner by itself and flicker diagnoally across the scren from bottom right to top left and sometimes it just gets stuck in the top left of the screen. I have tried a few things but nothing seems to be working. I was wondering if maybe u can turn the sensitivity down of the touch screen or something so I can eliminate this problem. Its very frustrating as it will open applications I dont want or do things I dont want it to and when I do touch the screen the arrow wants to go to where my finger is but it is being pulled away by whatever pressure is in the top left of the screen! Is there a solution to this problem or am I gunna have to fork out and get a better more decent screen? The screen I have is a 7inch in dash manual slide unit! here is a link to the screen I have http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=130153202556 any help would be greatly appreciated thank you
Tristan

2k1Toaster · 09-22-2007, 04:12 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RodeoTristan

Hey there
I bought a generic brand touchscreen off ebay a while back. The screen worked fine for several months but over the past month it has been acting up. It is like something is touching it in the top left corner as the little arrow will go to the top left corner by itself and flicker diagnoally across the scren from bottom right to top left and sometimes it just gets stuck in the top left of the screen. I have tried a few things but nothing seems to be working. I was wondering if maybe u can turn the sensitivity down of the touch screen or something so I can eliminate this problem. Its very frustrating as it will open applications I dont want or do things I dont want it to and when I do touch the screen the arrow wants to go to where my finger is but it is being pulled away by whatever pressure is in the top left of the screen! Is there a solution to this problem or am I gunna have to fork out and get a better more decent screen? The screen I have is a 7inch in dash manual slide unit! here is a link to the screen I have http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=130153202556 any help would be greatly appreciated thank you
Tristan

Most likely is there is a piece of debris in there pushing down the screen there, or in the opposite corner outside of the touch area pushing that corner up so much it touches down on the opposite corner.. Use a credit card and clean it out. If it persists, then you may need a new overlay.

RodeoTristan · 09-22-2007, 11:37 PM

Yeh thats what i thought I have tried cleaning it out Ill try again today maybe Ill pull it apart and see what i can do cheers for that! Where can I get a new overlay from if I need it?

2k1Toaster · 09-22-2007, 11:41 PM

Either digitalww.com, mp3car store, or ebay.