[comp.sys.handhelds] Help with inside of Casio fx-7000g

rrauenza@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Who, Me??) (06/19/91)

	(Excuse me if this is posted twice - I lost my connection
	while Pnews was doing its work...)

	Some lint/dustballs got underneath the cover to my LCD screen
	(HOW??) and it has annoyed me for some time!  So, with screw-
	driver in hand, I started tearing the thing apart thinking,
	"Now HOW many loose parts could a calculator HAVE??"

	Four? =^)

	(CASIO fx-7000G if ya missed the subject...)

	1st question (which I think I got back together Ok, 'cause
	it turns on):

		In what order do the two plastic "thingies" go under
		the on/off switch? (And orientation..)

	2nd question (a little more perplexing!):

		Where in the WORLD does the gold spring go and WHAT 
		in the world is it for?  At first I thought it belonged
		in the reset button hole, but it doesn't seem at home 
		there.

	Anyway - The screen sure is nice and uncluttered now and
	it does work!  But I'd rather use my 48sx anyway... =^)  


	Thanks!
		Rich



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IUGC500@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU (David Holland IUGC500@INDYVAX) (06/20/91)

Ummmm..

As for the two plastic thingy's under the on off switch, they're the
electrical part of the switch..... so if it works, you've obviously 
gotten it right. 

(i THINK there's some carbon on one side of both pieces, and that's
supposed to go together..)

The little gold spring is (I think) supposed to make electrical ground
between the innards of the calc, and the case.. there should be
a little hole in the black plastic that it goes in.
Also on the pc board underneath that hole is a gold square that it makes
contact with..(if you'd care to take it back apart again and find out. ;)

Hopefully this will help..

Standard disclaimers apply, its been ages since I took mine apart.. 

David Holland 
IUGC500@indyvax.iupui.edu (internet)
IUGC500@INDYVAX (BITNET)