Series 7 - Pen Calibration Changing

Suddenly, after several months of using it every day, my series 7
touchscreen is playing up. Pen calibration is going haywire. One day I
started it up and opened a spreadsheet ... the pen would select the
cell *next* to the one I clicked on! Interestingly, the buttons on the
left of the screen were also affected. I couldn't get into System by
pressing on the button, but 10-15mm away from it.

I went to recalibrate it, clicking on the first of three points, and
the thing informed me I was clicking too far away. I clicked on a
place about 5mm away and it accepted that, then I was able to
re-recalibrate it right on the points.

Next day the same thing happened, pointer was having an effect 3mm
away from where I touched the screen. Terrible for playing Bombs.

It's been 4 days now and I have to recalibrate several times a day.

What's happening, do you think - is the touchscreen playing up?

Is it fixable?

Just try to reset things to Factory settings.

<quattro@clear.net.nz> schreef in bericht
news:4e4809c6a7quattro@clear.net.nz...[color=blue]
> Suddenly, after several months of using it every day, my series 7
> touchscreen is playing up. Pen calibration is going haywire. One day I
> started it up and opened a spreadsheet ... the pen would select the
> cell *next* to the one I clicked on! Interestingly, the buttons on the
> left of the screen were also affected. I couldn't get into System by
> pressing on the button, but 10-15mm away from it.
>
> I went to recalibrate it, clicking on the first of three points, and
> the thing informed me I was clicking too far away. I clicked on a
> place about 5mm away and it accepted that, then I was able to
> re-recalibrate it right on the points.
>
> Next day the same thing happened, pointer was having an effect 3mm
> away from where I touched the screen. Terrible for playing Bombs.
>
> It's been 4 days now and I have to recalibrate several times a day.
>
> What's happening, do you think - is the touchscreen playing up?
>
> Is it fixable?
>[/color]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:28:13 +1200
<quattro@clear.net.nz> wrote:
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> It's been 4 days now and I have to recalibrate several times a day.
>
> What's happening, do you think - is the touchscreen playing up?
>
> Is it fixable?[/color]

It's the screen cable that's coming loose. Push down on the "Series7"
logo above the keyboard and things should return to normal. If so, the
long-term fix is to remove the keyboard and glue the screen cable in
place (the connector is just below the letters "ER").

Take care,

--
Stefaan A Eeckels
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