damn ribbon cables

JaxPt · 03-03-2005, 11:26 AM

Well I think i messed up my lilliput 7". I opened it up to remove the POS vga cable and replace it with a normal vga cable. while i was busy soldering the wires to the board i wasnt paying attn to the small ribbon cable and bumped the and that conects to the screen with the soldering iron.

It hit for maybe a second but long enough for the heat to warp the cable right at the pins, so now a few of the midlle pins are bent. i flattened it out with my fngers and reinstalled it into the clip but the lilli wont power up at all.

So i'm assuming that since this is the cable that connects the pcb to the screen its not making contact at the right spots. I checked digitalww for teh parts but i only see the 40 pin cables listed so I e-mailed Arman to see if he has them but I havent heard back from him yet.

I do have a question about the cables though, since they are single sided obviously they will only work installed facing one direction, could be that I dont have the cable facing the right direction, does the pin side go to the inside or outside of the clips?

xdjxklusivex · 03-03-2005, 12:35 PM

hey if u messed up the board check out the for sale ads i saw someone seling just the vga board and i believe the ribbon goes facing down to touch the buttons... dont quote me i havnt opened a lilli in a while so i dont remember

JaxPt · 03-03-2005, 02:48 PM

thanks, the board is ok its just the end of the ribbon cable thats messed up. I had it unclipped from the lcd side and just hanging there while i was soldering and bumped the side of the iron against it

xdjxklusivex · 03-03-2005, 04:32 PM

ouch yeah just look at the cable u got right now and buy the same same thing i believe the two options are opositite side connectors and same side connectros make sure u get the right one or it wontwork :-D have fun good luck!

JaxPt · 03-07-2005, 12:00 AM

Anyone know where i can get the smaller ribbon cable (from the pcb to the main board) i think it has 8 pins, i would have to check. I e-mailed digitaleww days ago but never got a reply and i need the cable to fix my screen, trying to finish up my car for upcomming shows

studmonk3y · 03-07-2005, 02:23 AM

the smaller ribbon cable has to be all the way to one side in the connector. if the screen is facing down, it has to be all the way to the left. if that still doesn't help, follow the guide on digitalww to put the screen in the slide out housing, it has directions to replace that ribbon cable w/ soldered wires.
http://www.digitalww.com/VGA_Lillipu...ash_HowTo.html
good luck

JaxPt · 03-07-2005, 11:16 AM

cool thanks, i'll check that out