Registered: Feb 2000
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Well, after 6 months of faithful service, my trusty graphite Deluxe, Avarice 1, went toes-up last night. I was sitting down to have a leisurely read, pulled it outof the soft case, pried off the hard screen cover, and lo and behold, my heart sunk as I noticed the large black smudge on the lower right corner of the screen, with a couple radials shooting out.

I have no idea what I did to crack the LCD... I didn't drop it or anything today. Which is ironic, since Avarice has already survived several nasty drops -- now that it finally goes, I don't know what did it.

I've called Handspring, and they say they'll ship be a refurb unit for $85. I'll get it, can't live without my visor, but the lustre just won't be the same.

RIP, Avarice 1. Welcome, Avarice 2.



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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

...pausing for a moment of silence...

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MarkEagle - Ice is nice!

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: McLean, VA USA
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"Friends, Visorians, countrymen lend be your ears. We come here not to bury Avarice 1, but to praise him!"

"Ah, Avarice 1, I knew you well..."

sniffle, sniffle.....

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1683

We must all join together in this time of sorrow. It's always hard to loose a trusted family member. I've recently had to go through this myself. After loosing my first visor to a nasty accident, I've since had to adpopt a replacement. I do love the adopted visor as much as my first, but it'll just never be the same...

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Redwood City CA
Posts: 472

What can one say? Words are so meaningless. I will beam my business card to heaven, in hopes of catching the IR port of your dearly departed.

Registered: Jan 2000
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Check out the posts on that site that sends you replacement screens that you can put in yourself for something like $40!! You could still revive your Visor!

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Registered: May 2000
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He's right! i dont have the url on me, but look at some of the posts in the accessories section. They have some urls for screen replacement.

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Maybe all is not lost... you can look into prosthetics for the Palm and Visor... kinda like a do-it-yourself Bionic Visor (The 6 million dollar Avarice 1???)

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MarkEagle - Ice is nice!

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN USA
Posts: 15

It's alive.... ALIVE!

(Just make sure that the box that the new screen comes in doesnt say "abby normal"!

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Posts: 253

Jammer-

First of all, my condolences on your loss...

Sounds like the LCD was damaged as well (there was a mention of a "large dark smudge") so the glass replacement wouldn't work. In that case, the replacement would have to be the entire LCD assembly, not just the glass.

I checked out the "prosthetics" site and was extremely frightened. Like, where do they get this stuff? (Imagine dark, lonely alley..."Hey lady, want to buy a used LCD?")

Besides, they don't have any Visor LCD replacements...only Palm LCDs. Even so, at $80 it's close to what Handspring charges for a screen repair anyways...

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Registered: Apr 2000
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My condolences jammer. I too will beam my visor in the air in the hopes that the spirit of Avarice 1 will gaze upon the 1's an 0's that I have sent.

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Please accept my condolences. May it rest in peace.

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quote:

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Originally posted by fixitgal:
Sounds like the LCD was damaged as well (there was a mention of a "large dark smudge") so the glass replacement wouldn't work. In that case, the replacement would have to be the entire LCD assembly, not just the glass.

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Thanks for the advice, but actually, the $85 replacement is for them to send me an entire refurb Visor, from what the customer care rep said... I'd just have to send mine in once I got the replacement.

Everyons comments on this thread have me cracking up. Thanks.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Posts: 253

The LCD replacement I was referring to was off the "prosthetics" site...They're selling replacement LCDs for $80 (when for $85 you can get a replacement Visor from Handspring).

Soon you'll have a new Visor to love and cherish...

The "condolence" posts cracked me up as well. At least Visor owners aren't a boring bunch...they're almost as fun as Mac users


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In memory of Arverice1 I think an online pda graveyard is in order to pay our condolences. ;')
I will begin digging in my digital domain to start such a project. i will post a URL as soon as have a page.

my condolences

sastian

Registered: Jan 2000
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quote:

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Originally posted by sastian:
In memory of Arverice1 I think an online pda graveyard is in order to pay our condolences. ;')
I will begin digging in my digital domain to start such a project. i will post a URL as soon as have a page.

my condolences

sastian

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There already is one at: http://www.palminfocenter.com/graveyard/
if you want to post your woes (we need a Visor only one though! )


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Location: Connecticut USA
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quote:

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Originally posted by Petro:
(we need a Visor only one though! )

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Marcus... James... are ya listenin'? How about a VC R.I.P page of our own? Of course, we'll need an appropriate selection of tombstone icons

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Thanks for the kind words. These units do not come out of a back alley. We are a legitimate business and have receipts for all items we have purchased. Plus they are not new but used with a 30 day warranty. We do not have complete screens for the Visor but if just the top glass cracked it can be fixed with our repair. I have fixed my own visor with the glass tops we offer.

Thanks,
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