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Bright spot on Prism display

My new Prism has a bright spot on the display. It's in the top right corner, about 5mm from the right edge, and 8mm down from the top. It appears the bright spot is caused by the light source behind the LCD, as it appears to be behind the display a few mm, and it moves slightly as I rotate the Prism left to right. Also it is dimmest as the Prism is roated right, and brightest towards the left.

It also casts a fainter & much larger bright spot to the left of the first bright spot.

Does anyone else's Prism show this sort of display flaw? I'm inclined to try and get Handspring to replaced it, as it's quite annoying at times.

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prism bright spot

my first two prisms did not have this "feature" my third does...i am just going to live with it until the prism dies and i buy an os5 unit

Registered: Sep 2001
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heheheh
....tip for you all...loosen the top screw behind the "dot"

the VP are too tight that dot is the board pressing the back of the screen...loosen that screw and you will see it magically disapear!!! love me now

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Originally posted by Crustytrusty
heheheh
....tip for you all...loosen the top screw behind the "dot"

the VP are too tight that dot is the board pressing the back of the screen...loosen that screw and you will see it magically disapear!!! love me now

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Registered: Apr 2002
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Get a replacement.

Hey,

I got a replacement for the same problem so just do it. Do not open the case. It is not worth it.

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Registered: Sep 2001
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well on all 3 prisms i have had that white spot has gone away by loosenig those screws.........if you dont believe me try squeezing the vp front to back..you will see that spot get brighter

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Well, as I said, I did try loosening the screw, and it didn't make any difference. Neither does squeezing the Prism.