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haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 27 Aug 2006
13:01 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | Well, I found a Ti-83+ in a trash can at school and brought it home. I would have turned it in, but it was clear that whoever had thrown it away did indeed mean to. The screen is almost completely broken. Besides that, though, the calculator is fine (from what I could see in the 1/4-screen that was intact, things worked). Is it possible to replace the screen, does anyone know? Hardware is the one part of graphing calulators I know very little of.
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LHoT10820
Marine
Posted: 27 Aug 2006
13:22 GMT
Total Posts: 28 | Hmmmmm... Maybe, but I'm not sure where you'd get one. |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 27 Aug 2006
13:48 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | IIRC, LCD screens are extremely hard to replace. But I could be thinking of somethting else. Like siblings. They're hard to replace. No, correction, once you get rid of them, they're easy to replace. Getting rid of them is difficult. Blah. |
haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 27 Aug 2006
18:17 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | I would assume that a screen replacement would cost less than a whole new calculator would. I wonder if Ti offers that kind of service by mail...
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Liebe ist Krieg
Wraith
Posted: 27 Aug 2006
21:12 GMT
Total Posts: 542 | funny, i found my first ti-85 on the ground. it was from 1990. atleast that was my best geuss cuz thats from when the copywrite was. i suggest contacting TI's website.
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zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
15:32 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | Search eBay for a similar model and get a screen from it. It's not that hard to replace, if you're careful. If you can find one for cheap I'm sure it'd be worth replacing effort.
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im_an_alien
Marine
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
16:47 GMT
Total Posts: 29 | If you were going to buy another one and use it to replace the screen why not just use the ebay one? Unless the motherboard was broken on the ebay one and the screen worked, I soo no point :P |
Pantelis
Marine
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
19:50 GMT
Total Posts: 24 | Thats cool but i would look on the Texas Instrument website and email them or something... |
haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
21:15 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | Thanks for the idea, Z. I plan to do exactly that.
Just one more question: Would a Ti-83 screen work with it? I know they're the same in terms of dimensions, but I don't know if they're compatible hardware-wise (probably a stupid thing to wonder).
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Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
21:42 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | They are identical, TI hasn't upgraded the LCD hardware in forever on those things. |
haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
21:47 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | Hooray! I guess I'll say something when the screen's fixed/ruined beyond comprehension.
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zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 29 Aug 2006
14:57 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | Well, I meant buying a for-parts calc on eBay. My buddy a 83+ for the screen about a year ago for less than 10 bucks. The guy who was sellng it spilled something on it so the motherboard was a tosser but screen was just fine. That's what I was sugesting, though if you can get a whole working calc for cheap that'd work too, but eBay being eBay, you never know what you will really get...
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haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 29 Aug 2006
19:37 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | I know you meant that. Maybe I just worded it wrong...
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haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 30 Aug 2006
15:50 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | Quickly, to anyone who knows (the opportunity ends quite soon): Does the same rule apply to the screen of a Ti-81?
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im_an_alien
Marine
Posted: 30 Aug 2006
16:12 GMT
Total Posts: 29 | Probably? |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 30 Aug 2006
22:32 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | Good luck finding a part for one though...I haven't seen one of these in ages. I think it might take a screen from an 82 or perhaps an 83 but I'm not too sure. It should have the same resolutions as 82/83 but I have no clue if the lcd controller and pinouts would match up. You probably want to do your homework regarding this case.
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