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Nitzuj2002 · 04-08-09, 04:04 PM

Hello everyone!

I know this thread seems dead, but I wanted to post my experience here. I like many of you, had trouble with my Axim alignment. I came to this site, hoping for a solution but the spacer idea, a replacement digitizer, nor the crazy voodoo stuff helped in my case. So I decided to overhaul my Dell. I undid every screw and laid the whole thing out, noting a few things. My digitizer frame was ever so slightly warped as I laid it on the edge of my desk. Applying VERY light pressure, I straightened it. Moving on, my frame enclosure the seats the screen assembly was also bent. Once again, I lightly straightened it.

I am VERY aware of how the deformation occured. I do not baby my Axim, I've hacked, modded, flashed, dropped it in a bucket of water from a shirt pocket and even SAT on this thing and went down a slide in the park with my daughter. But it's not a PDAssistant if it's sitting out of reach all the time right?

Anyhow, after straightening the pieces, I put my junior engineer skills to work, evaluating the function of every piece. On the bottom of the digitizer, I located 4 squares of gausian tape that taped nothing down, and came to the conclusion that they were intended to absorbo and disperse pressure with a slightly spongy consistency, however, this tape was FLAT, unlike normal gauze tape, so applied 4 layers of medical tape over each existing square, thapped the axim back together, and presto! It aligned the very first try. Everything seems fine now, and even the web button in media player is easy to hit now.

Now, I am NOT posing this as a universal solution! I will post again later to let ya'll know how it's holding up. Perhaps another advanced Axim user is willing to experiment as well... the problem people, is not likely to be in the front, as a PROPERLY functioning Axim can be operated without the front cover, assuming you've removed and soldered the latch switch circuit closed as well... and since the assembly BASICALLY only has 2 sides... the problem, if hardware based, would lie in the underside and it's poor design.

My next step? MTV series: Pimp my PDA. Oh, btw this is my first MobilitySite post. Starting with a possible solution, and not a complain/question. Give this kid some props! Let's revive this post and see if we can save hundreds of user's Axims!

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Nitzuj2002 Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello everyone! I know this thread seems dead, but I wanted to post my experience here. I like many of you, had trouble with my Axim alignment. I came to this site, hoping for a solution but the spacer idea, a replacement digitizer, nor the crazy voodoo stuff helped in my case. So I decided to overhaul my Dell. I undid every screw and laid the whole thing out, noting a few things. My digitizer frame was ever so slightly warped as I laid it on the edge of my desk. Applying VERY light pressure, I straightened it. Moving on, my frame enclosure the seats the screen assembly was also bent. Once again, I lightly straightened it. I am VERY aware of how the deformation occured. I do not baby my Axim, I've hacked, modded, flashed, dropped it in a bucket of water from a shirt pocket and even SAT on this thing and went down a slide in the park with my daughter. But it's not a PDAssistant if it's sitting out of reach all the time right? Anyhow, after straightening the pieces, I put my junior engineer skills to work, evaluating the function of every piece. On the bottom of the digitizer, I located 4 squares of gausian tape that taped nothing down, and came to the conclusion that they were intended to absorbo and disperse pressure with a slightly spongy consistency, however, this tape was FLAT, unlike normal gauze tape, so applied 4 layers of medical tape over each existing square, thapped the axim back together, and presto! It aligned the very first try. Everything seems fine now, and even the web button in media player is easy to hit now. Now, I am NOT posing this as a universal solution! I will post again later to let ya'll know how it's holding up. Perhaps another advanced Axim user is willing to experiment as well... the problem people, is not likely to be in the front, as a PROPERLY functioning Axim can be operated without the front cover, assuming you've removed and soldered the latch switch circuit closed as well... and since the assembly BASICALLY only has 2 sides... the problem, if hardware based, would lie in the underside and it's poor design. My next step? MTV series: Pimp my PDA. Oh, btw this is my first MobilitySite post. Starting with a possible solution, and not a complain/question. Give this kid some props! Let's revive this post and see if we can save hundreds of user's Axims!