heathyoung wrote:A dead line on the LCD is caused by the rubber strip between the LCD glass and the circuit board underneath it. These are crimped at the rear (the metal 'tangs' onto the PCB) - sometimes moving these fixes the issue, otherwise the LCD is a standard 16X2 unit.
thanks i was thinking that the rubber sh%# might be the problem
ill have to give that a try on the weekend as i have sealed my unit of w/ silicon and don't feel like going through the bother till then









