HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

[sumdumgai]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

Thanks, but I'm sorry that that doesn't help me. Which photo? What resistor? Which caps and how can you tell that any are dislodged from this side of the board? I can't see, even with a magnifying glass, what you're referring to?

[stj]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

in purple

[sumdumgai]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

Thanks very much. But hallelujah, I plugged it in a while ago and the screen lit up and has stayed lit.

[sumdumgai]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

Screen is still lit. Looking good. Any theories as to why it started to work? I haven't done anything to cause that except not touch it for a couple of days.

I have another question, though. Attached picture shows what looks like more glue on what looks like a button battery, but I don't think it is. Is that a battery or is it something else?

[sam_sam_sam]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

That does look like a battery of some type for memory of the photo or photos

Dose ii keep the photos or do you have keep loading them

[stj]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

it's a lithium-thionyl chloride rechargeable battery, used to hold the settings etc when the power is off.
used to see them a lot in cellfones.

[sumdumgai]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

Has an internal 128MB memory but unit says no photos. I'll get back to you on this. Thanks.

[sumdumgai]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

The unit is supposed to have a demonstration slide show that comes in internal memory. The slide show I think is gone because the unit now shows the message 'no photos'. But I set the time and date, pulled the plug, plugged it back in, and the time and date remained. I inserted a memory card and it displays photos properly. I can also copy photos from the memory card to internal memory and play them there.

[sumdumgai]

Re: HP Digital Picture Frame goes black

I put everything back together and it looks like everything is working fine. Removing the glue did the trick. Thanks to all of you for your help. This forum is great.