wxplayer2000

Hi:

My Axim X50v digitizer was quite scratched-up (I beat the heck out of it!), so I decided to purchase one of those $10 Ebay units, that ships from Hong Kong.

Well, it physically fit-onto the Axim, but the ribbon cable didn't lay exactly the way it should... but it did indeed fit into the connector with a slight bulge in the ribbon, and the seller said it'd work with the X50v.....

OK - I (partially) re-assemble it, (left the front piece off) replaced the battery and fired-it-up... The power light flickered bright blue for a flash... then nothing (my reaction = "Ewwww!").

I re-seated the ribbon cable for the digitizer, and then it fired-up properly, but the digitizer wouldn't work at all.

I'm now quite certain that the digitizer I purchased was not made for my Axim X50v! Continuing, I bit the bullet and bought the $85 dollar PDASmart X50v digitizer, which fit perfectly... and again, the Axim fired-up fine, but the digitizer still won't work.

So my question... is it possible that the the cheap digitizer I bought somehow fried a portion of the mainboard? Has anyone had this happen to them??? Am I perhaps missing something simple here???? I'm certain the lock is off, I've tried soft/hard boots to no avail. I've replaced digitizers successfully before (I owned a Clie way back)... so I'm certain that I didn't frag the new digitizer whilst installing it.

Any thoughts or suggestions (aside from giving myself a giant dope-slap for cheezing-out on the digitizer in the 1st. place!!) would be GREATLY appreciated!!

I miss my Axim - feeling NUDE without it!!!!! :-(

Maximum Dude

You can try purchasing a used or damaged Axim, then using the parts from it to repair your PDA.

It is indeed possible that the HK cheapie fried the circuit that reads the Digitizer.

But are you sure that the red lock switch is in the correct position? We've all made that mistake before.

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DaveInTrinity

Hi,

I just wanted to write and tell you that I have done virtually the very same thing.

My x50v digitizer was damaged, so I bought one of the $8.99 Hong Kong digitizers STILL being advertised to work. Well, it did not work at all.

The ribbon cable was off centered, but it kinda fit. My x50v powered on, but the digitizer does not work.

Thinking I had a bad one, I actually sent them money for a replacement. The new one came and did the same thing. These do NOT WORK with the x50v.

In addition, the little Torx T-6 screwdriver they provide, though a nice effort, doesn't fit either. The x50v uses a T-5 Torx screw.

wxplayer2000 - Did you ever get your PDA working again? I don't know what to do. I am looking for a replacement now.

Anyone have a good x50v for sale? Or a bad one with a good screen? Penny-wise... pound-foolish.

Dave