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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:09 am    Post subject: Chelton white screen Reply with quote
I powered up my RV10 the other day and one of the Chelton displays came up with a white screen, which looked liked the backlight was on, but nothing else was working. The other display operated normally. Have any of you seen this before?

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:52 am    Post subject: Chelton white screen Reply with quote
I am sure that others will chime in but if you are not aware, Tim O. has an excellent site built http://www.cheltonefispilots.com/ that may help. I had some other issues (hard drive failure) that I panicked over that got resolved fairly easily. If I recall correctly, some folks were able to re-seat the ribbon cables to the screen and help out. There is a lot of good info there on opening up and correcting some of the common problems.
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On Apr 6, 2017, at 3:06 PM, Kevin Belue <kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com (kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I powered up my RV10 the other day and one of the Chelton displays came up with a white screen, which looked liked the backlight was on, but nothing else was working. The other display operated normally. Have any of you seen this before?




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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:11 pm    Post subject: Chelton white screen Reply with quote
That's correct, thanks Byron.
I would say that at least 50% of the time, people who have issues can fix them by opening the box and pulling some of the sections apart and re-seating them. And, replacing a drive is not all that hard. The hardest part is that some components from that era get more and more scarce as time goes on.
So try some self repair before sending it out. If you send it out you risk shipping damage that may be permanent due to these not being made anymore.
Tim

On Apr 6, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Home <bdgillespie215(at)gmail.com (bdgillespie215(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I am sure that others will chime in but if you are not aware, Tim O. has an excellent site built http://www.cheltonefispilots.com/ that may help. I had some other issues (hard drive failure) that I panicked over that got resolved fairly easily. If I recall correctly, some folks were able to re-seat the ribbon cables to the screen and help out. There is a lot of good info there on opening up and correcting some of the common problems.
Byron
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I powered up my RV10 the other day and one of the Chelton displays came up with a white screen, which looked liked the backlight was on, but nothing else was working. The other display operated normally. Have any of you seen this before?





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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:36 pm    Post subject: Chelton white screen Reply with quote
I agree with you on possibility of damage from shipping. I plan to take it apart and reseat cables and check it out as you suggest Tim. I design equipment similar to this, so it's not something new to me in general, but I want to collect insight and experience from anyone who has had problems so I don't waste time on something that's already been done. I appreciate the previous comments and suggestions. I have a login for Tim's Chelton website, but forgot my login. Tim - can you tell what my user name is? I don't have enough info to retrieve my password...
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That's correct, thanks Byron.
I would say that at least 50% of the time, people who have issues can fix them by opening the box and pulling some of the sections apart and re-seating them.  And, replacing a drive is not all that hard.  The hardest part is that some components from that era get more and more scarce as time goes on.
So try some self repair before sending it out. If you send it out you risk shipping damage that may be permanent due to these not being made anymore.
Tim

On Apr 6, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Home <bdgillespie215(at)gmail.com (bdgillespie215(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I am sure that others will chime in but if you are not aware, Tim O. has an excellent site built http://www.cheltonefispilots.com/ that may help. I had some other issues (hard drive failure) that I panicked over that got resolved fairly easily. If I recall correctly, some folks were able to re-seat the ribbon cables to the screen and help out. There is a lot of good info there on opening up and correcting some of the common problems.
Byron
N253RV

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On Apr 6, 2017, at 3:06 PM, Kevin Belue <kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com (kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I powered up my RV10 the other day and one of the Chelton displays came up with a white screen, which looked liked the backlight was on, but nothing else was working. The other display operated normally. Have any of you seen this before?






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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:09 pm    Post subject: Chelton white screen Reply with quote
Kevin,
When you pull yours apart to re-seat them, I suggest that you (1) use some contact cleaner on the contacts and (2) examine the ribbon connectors very closely. I found that one of mine had a very slight puncture in a single strand from how things got layered during the original build. I chased that gremlin for several years before discovering that puncture….

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On Apr 6, 2017, at 3:31 PM, Kevin Belue <kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com (kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
I agree with you on possibility of damage from shipping. I plan to take it apart and reseat cables and check it out as you suggest Tim. I design equipment similar to this, so it's not something new to me in general, but I want to collect insight and experience from anyone who has had problems so I don't waste time on something that's already been done. I appreciate the previous comments and suggestions. I have a login for Tim's Chelton website, but forgot my login. Tim - can you tell what my user name is? I don't have enough info to retrieve my password...
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com (Tim(at)myrv10.com)> wrote:
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That's correct, thanks Byron.
I would say that at least 50% of the time, people who have issues can fix them by opening the box and pulling some of the sections apart and re-seating them. And, replacing a drive is not all that hard. The hardest part is that some components from that era get more and more scarce as time goes on.
So try some self repair before sending it out. If you send it out you risk shipping damage that may be permanent due to these not being made anymore.
Tim
On Apr 6, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Home <bdgillespie215(at)gmail.com (bdgillespie215(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I am sure that others will chime in but if you are not aware, Tim O. has an excellent site built http://www.cheltonefispilots.com/ that may help. I had some other issues (hard drive failure) that I panicked over that got resolved fairly easily. If I recall correctly, some folks were able to re-seat the ribbon cables to the screen and help out. There is a lot of good info there on opening up and correcting some of the common problems.

Byron
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On Apr 6, 2017, at 3:06 PM, Kevin Belue <kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com (kdb.rv10(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I powered up my RV10 the other day and one of the Chelton displays came up with a white screen, which looked liked the backlight was on, but nothing else was working. The other display operated normally. Have any of you seen this before?








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