In this page I will describe the process of fixing an iPaq's screen. If you have ever come to the situation of iPaq slipping from your hand or, by any other reason, falling to the ground or hitting any other hard surface; you might have notice that the screen started displaying stripes, or maybe not even that, just plain colors.
Even this is probably something about what you are not too happy, you might be lucky, because probably the only problem is a connector out of place, and no physical damage to the screen (which would be rather expensive).
So, here, I will walk through the basic steps of opening and re-connecting the screen connector. A process through which I had to go myself several times, always managing to successfully fix the screen.
I hope this is of use for people who have suffered a similar inconvenience.
You will need a Torx T6 screwdriver, and it will work on all models except 1910.
For any comments, additions, suggestions, etc you can mail me at [ero (at) this_domain]
Step 1:
Using the Torx screwdriver, remove the four screws indicated by the red dots.
To actually be able to open the cover, you will need something sharp to insert in either of the sides, between both of the case's halves. Try to get the back side loose, so it can be lifted.
Step 2:
Once the case has been lifted, it will offer a view like shown below. The back side, containing the battery has been lifted.
There you can see the cable going from the battery to the main board. It shouldn't be necessary to disconnect it, as long as you have something where to rest the back side, as the power cable is not long enough as to have both case's halves side by side.
The screen connector is indicated in red.
Step 3:
Ok, here we have a close-up on the board. The screen connector is inside the red rectangle, and you will have to lift the back stripe on top of the connector, to be able to properly place the cable (notice the the cable itself might not be visibly disconnected or giving away the problem in any visual way).
Step 4:
Here, the black stripe has been lifted, you can use your nails where the black arrows are to lift it. Now you should be able to freely move the cable.
You can try pushing in the direction the blue arrow show, until it looks like everything is aligned. Once done you can lower the covering stripe again, and the connector should stay there until the next fall ;-)
Now, assembling it back should be rather easy (you can scroll the page backwards... ;-)
