i took apart the axim today...here are a few pics...(plus my theory on the dpad)

coolhand · 05-26-03, 08:56 PM

i took apart the axim today...here are a few pics...

what started out as a small 1/4 inch or so crack, quickly spread into a full screen affair....im still puzzled what cracked it.

i have lots of pics, but dont want to kill my account bandwidth.

coolhand · 05-26-03, 08:57 PM

i also have an idea as to the dpad's sloppyness....the actual nav button on the motherboard is very solid and clicks evenly in all directions...its the fact that the big dpad button just floats on top of it on 4 small feet,while being held in place via 2 small spring strips that gives it the sloppy feeling....i think if the big button were to be glued to the nav button on the mb - maby via some superglue or epoxy, it would be as good as any other pda's nav button.

next step is of course to install the new digitizer screen..which will have to wait till next pay day lol...

deftech · 05-26-03, 09:09 PM

Good luck installing the new digitizer. Hate to see a good Axim go to waste. :)

--deftech

stevenrp · 05-26-03, 09:48 PM

Thanks for sharing the pixs. Very interesting how the screen goes together.

coolhand · 05-26-03, 11:43 PM

its just stuck together....was a real pain to get off though...as you can see, it came off in many pieces

Spanish Cop · 05-26-03, 11:48 PM

LOL .........I would have of probably taken more pictures and numbered them just so i could remember how it all goes back together......hehehe

Good luck !

Spanishcop

coolhand · 05-27-03, 12:09 AM

actually, the site where you buy the part has a page showing the process.

acsurfer · 05-27-03, 12:38 AM

What I want to know is how did you take such great pictures and get more than one in a post? Very nice. So clear great detail.

Oh and good luck with your Axim. You look like you do this all the time.

deftech · 05-27-03, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by acsurfer
What I want to know is how did you take such great pictures and get more than one in a post? Very nice. So clear great detail.

Oh and good luck with your Axim. You look like you do this all the time.

acsurfer,

You can get more than one picture in a post ONLY if they are linked to instead of being attached. Notice none of his pics say "attached" above them. He has them on his web space (usually provided by your ISP), and you simply use the "IMG" button (near font size, quote, etc) to link to a picture on your webspace when making your post. If you want to "attach" a picture from your hard drive, you can only do one per post.

--deftech

NMkiD · 05-27-03, 01:12 AM

im glad you found tha tdigitized, alot cheaper then I would ahve thought, so are you going to glue the d-pad on?

acsurfer · 05-27-03, 01:18 AM

Yes I was reading about that in the vB code [help]

so let me see, if I have a web page were I post photos I can use the IMG to bring them here in my postings.

If I'm right I'll have to try it. I like to learn new things...Thanks

mparry · 05-27-03, 01:53 AM

thanks for the pics! Exellent! where can you purchase parts?

auntbeckymac · 05-27-03, 01:56 AM

let me know if gluing the dpad on works. I keep losing my marble in marbleworld cuz of it's looseness.

:rolling:

05-27-03, 02:18 AM

mparry,

the parts can be bought at www.pdaparts.com

wh

Lindenbp · 05-27-03, 06:31 AM

Have you found any dipswitches on it? There are rumours that the Axim has dipswitches that have to be switched (of course) to get extra functionality (like SDIO instead of SDMM or the processorspeed) I couldn't see from the pictures but would be nice to know!!

Regards,
Peter

P.S. this is very helpful!!!