Dust in my 760

[kmf]

I recently got myself a NX70 to replace my 760 and as I couldn't really part with the 760 I decided to make my gf very happy with it as she was hogging it most of the time anyway :)
But over the last year and a half my 760 had a steady built up of dust under the screen. What is the best (and easiest) way to get rid of it?

[williepalm]

. Unless you're willing to take the risk , you can remove the screws and open up the whole Clie. My friend did it and thankfully it was ok when he cleaned the screen and assembled back himself. Remember, its a big risk.

[turcic.com]

Take a look here: http://www.geocities.com/jhc19104/710C/index.htm The best source I know for how to clean and seal your N760 screen. I also own a N760, and it has also accumulated dust under the screen.

Wasn't brave enough to disassemble my Clie yet :(

[kmf]

Actually I already opened the Clie (which was actually not that hard and risky), I took a quick glance, but didn't know how to get under the screen and wasn't that brave to try further. I sure didn't go as far as the guy on the page you mentioned did and I'm not so sure if I'm gonna try (because it look very hard and risky) :D

[roboman]

Hihi

I have a N760C too. Instead of dust, I found FLEAS walking around underneath the screen! How can I get rid of them and how to avoid?

Is there anyone who can help me with this?

:) ;) :) ;) :)

[williepalm]

Go out in the sun, use a magnifying glass to magnify the sunlight's heat intensity to kill it.

[Baker1369]

The dust shows up terribly on the reflective lcds (610 ,710, 760, tungsten, etc.) I had a tungsten for a day and took it back because i knew it would have the dust problem. If you bought a service plan with best buy, they will take it back for an exchange for a dust problem. I did it twice and got a t615 the third time...and never had problems again. I am now the happy owner of a nx60 and the screen is beautiful. I took apart my 610 and tried to remove dust but there was so much that I couldn't get all of it out. The disassembly is not terribly hard as long as you keep track of the springs on the MS door.

[tnA]

I broke two of the reflective pieces (a plastic layer under the glass top where the dust gets in between) of my N760C while trying to part it from the glass top in order to clean the dust off. That plastic piece seems to be designed to be broken so easily at the corners with notches. It is held to the back of the glass top with a very strong double sided tape. The dust that gets in is hard to blow it off with the compressed air while keeping the glass top and the reflective plastic together. The static seems to hold it in there. I had to buy the damaged ones from ebay ($40-$60) to get the reflective plastic for replacement.

[*YellowRose*]

Originally posted by roboman
...I found FLEAS walking around underneath the screen! How can I get rid of them and how to avoid? 1- Get rid of your pets.

2- Fumigate your home with flea-killer (leave your clie in there when you do)

 

[sebring]

Originally posted by *YellowRose*
1- Get rid of your pets.

2- Fumigate your home with flea-killer (leave your clie in there when you do)

 

Don't be such a neglectful owner, get your Clie a flea collar, just like you would AIBO.:D

[Baker1369]

yeah that glass/plastic looked way too fragile to mess with and the dust does get stuck in there...oh well

[phil ng]

mine had dust, but i couldn't get it out, so i just sealed it up so no more dust or pocket lint gets under there

[*YellowRose*]

Originally posted by sebring
Don't be such a neglectful owner, get your Clie a flea collar, just like you would AIBO.:D LOL!

[DanT]

The dust on my N760C got out of hand so I bit the bullet and took it apart per geocities procedure. However instead of using air pressure to clean the dust off the gap, I manage to separate the TFT layer from the glass layer and used clean cloth to wipe the dusts off the two layers :D

As far as separating the two layers, they are actually snap on to each other via metal frames, the TFT layer metal-frame being inside of the glass layer metal-frame. The TFT frame has 6 tits (3 per side) while the glass frame has 6 holes. You can actually pry the frames off carefully with small knife until all 6 tits slide out of the holes.

Now my screen looks brand new like 18 months ago and no more dust too from here on as the two frames are sealed up with electrical tape. ;)

The geocities procedure is also good to know for changing battery or broken glass layer.  Hopefully the battery would last for another year or so and I'll be careful to not break the glass ever (knock on wood).  It fell off my hand to a wood floor once but it was lucky enough that the glass screen was not broken.

[DanT]

I just uploaded some pictures of the 760 internals to my gallery. This picture (http://www.cliesource.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=426&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500) shows the TFT layer (top left) is separated from the glass and touch screen (top right). On the bottom of the picture it shows the battery.

[T1000X]

When I had my N760C, I had a big dust problem. It would still be a solid unit if one was released with a Transflective display, and 16MB of RAM.

[DanT]

Caution!

For those of you who want to clean up the dust off from under the screen by yourselves, keep an eye on the little lense that cover the hole next to the memory stick slot. That lense is very small-clear piece of plastic and can easily come off the bottom case.

I didn't notice that I missed the lense after a week of enjoying the "brand-new" look screen until I was wondering why the memory stick indicator light did not come on when I access the memory stick and noticed the hole. Luckily I hadn't cleaned up my working table (being fortunately lazy), so I just ran my hands over the white table cover (another mistake to work on a white surface - little parts are hard to find) and felt the little plastic piece (thank goodness).

Putting the lense back was another challenge as it is so tiny and fits fairly snug into the hole. You need a pair of tiny plyers to guide it to the hole. Once it is in the hole, my MS indicator light becomes visible again. Apparently the tiny LED mounted in the circuit board is not aligned straight to the hole. It makes a zig-zag pattern, like a Perry's scope, so if the lense is missing, the LED beam just hit the wall of the bottom case.