On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 03:16:47 -0800, Matt Forsyth wrote:

> Merry Christmas all
>
> I am having difficulty with the backlight working on my Ipaq pocket
> pc.
> It appears to come on at random - no amount of changing the settings
> seems to help? Do the backlights "wear out" or is there something
> extremely basic i am missing. I have tried various options as in
> lighting the screen when a button is pressed or screen tapped but so
> far it still appears to be random.
>
> Has anyone had this happen to them?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt

Most often when a backlight is intermittent like that it is a loose
connection. If you tear it apart and find the cables for the display and
backlight it may either be loose, or if soldered directly, need to be
resoldered.