Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

[EscapeVelocity]

I am trying to get the ribbon cable reattached to the menu control board.

I dont know if it came off properly, or how to get it reattached. Ive never seen this type of connection, either.

Any help appreciated...

[pedro]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

I am trying to get the ribbon cable reattached to the menu control board.

I dont know if it came off properly, or how to get it reattached. Ive never seen this type of connection, either.

Any help appreciated...

First hint - don't post in-line pics. It slows down EVERYONE looking at the thread. Use the manage attachments button.

Second - apart from the "bent" conductor showing in the pic - these are *usually* a clamped arrangement. You need to first work out how the clamping part of the board connector works, then place the (repaired) flexicircuit into the connector body and close the clamp. If you have broken the clamp then all bets are off.

[EscapeVelocity]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

Hey thanks.

So it lifts up on a hinge, you slide the ribbon cable in and then clamp it down, into locked position?

Let me check it out.

[Ritalin]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

Hey thanks.

So it lifts up on a hinge, you slide the ribbon cable in and then clamp it down, into locked position?

Let me check it out.

That's the way it looks! Just make sure you have the ribbon facing the appropriate direction. You probably pulled it out, hence why one of the 'leads' is bend. Don't worry, everyone does that once in awhile.

[EscapeVelocity]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

Ive destroyed the connection.

Any place to pick up another one of those boards?

[Ritalin]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

If I recall correctly, if you have enough 'slack' in that cable, you can cut it back and expose a better section of 'leads', but it's a matter if it will reach or not.

[EscapeVelocity]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

No, Ive destroyed the connection on the board, not the ribbon cable. None of the white plastic is attached to the board anymore.

[steve2]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

Hot Glue. I've used it before to hold the cable in place. The ones people usually mess up are the ZIF (zero Insertion Force) cables. They pull them out instead of releasing the locks and ruin the cable. When Installing, make sure the lock is open, slide cable in, push lock down. Forget the hot glue. I just re-read that and see that all of the white plastic is broken off.

[Scenic]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

if you're good enough with soldering, you can try to solder wires to the testpoints next to the connector, and connect them up on the other end (of which there's no pic unfortunately)

[turbozutek]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

Are you very handy with a soldering iron? If so, you could cut a strip of IDE cable from an old PC and solder that to both ends very carefully. I think that's what I'd do in this situation.

Chris...

[EscapeVelocity]

Re: Reassembly problem with Gateway 2485w monitor, please help.

Are you very handy with a soldering iron? If so, you could cut a strip of IDE cable from an old PC and solder that to both ends very carefully. I think that's what I'd do in this situation.

Chris...

I wouldnt call myself a soldering iron maestro, but I would be willing to give this a shot.