Scrambled screen, now won't turn on
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:57 pm
Hi,
Just as above, my Gamebuino is having problems turning on. I unscrewed it to take the screen off and take a look at it, then when I put it back together I had the usual contrast issue I always get, so I bumbled into the settings menu and sorted out the contrast after much pressing around. When the contrast came on, the screen looked fine, but after about ten seconds the LCD started scrambling. Then it scrambled periodically for around a few minutes in every application before finally freezing. Now the only thing that's showing is the TX arrow and the power LEDs.
I've tried: The C button trick, reloading the games compilation onto the SD card (some of the .sav files on the card were corrupted so I formatted it beforehand) and just purely turning it off and on again. I get the feeling I might have bricked it.
A few observations: The sound doesn't come on as well as the backlight, although there is a *very* slight gain in brightness for TX and Power LEDs after a second, as if it was going to make the sound and come on. The screen scrambled very briefly after one turn on, but then went back to blank.
I'm out of ideas for what's wrong and need to know where is a good area to start looking, any ideas?
Just as above, my Gamebuino is having problems turning on. I unscrewed it to take the screen off and take a look at it, then when I put it back together I had the usual contrast issue I always get, so I bumbled into the settings menu and sorted out the contrast after much pressing around. When the contrast came on, the screen looked fine, but after about ten seconds the LCD started scrambling. Then it scrambled periodically for around a few minutes in every application before finally freezing. Now the only thing that's showing is the TX arrow and the power LEDs.
I've tried: The C button trick, reloading the games compilation onto the SD card (some of the .sav files on the card were corrupted so I formatted it beforehand) and just purely turning it off and on again. I get the feeling I might have bricked it.
A few observations: The sound doesn't come on as well as the backlight, although there is a *very* slight gain in brightness for TX and Power LEDs after a second, as if it was going to make the sound and come on. The screen scrambled very briefly after one turn on, but then went back to blank.
I'm out of ideas for what's wrong and need to know where is a good area to start looking, any ideas?