advice on v7 ribbon problem

[lufcfan]

Not necessarily, no.

If you check the board in other places, you will find some places do read 000 and beep (well, on both my multimeters it does).

If the pins look to be connected, then you may have a case. If the pins look to have been soldered to in the past you may also have a problem here, but it is very, very rare that this cable has to be tampered with at all. I'm starting to think your problems lie else where...

[elotunes]

hi my friend, i appreciate you taking some time to try and help me out. This is how it stands. If i switch on , press the button , the drive spins and the screen ends up at the browser menu with the dancing electron going on beside the writing, at this point the drive stops almost like a relay has gone off, the browser screen remains. just to complicate the issue, after a while i lose all video probably as it all heats up. i let it cool down and it goes back to the above. now i`m confused. any thoughts. cheers dave..

[lufcfan]

Hmm. This is very interesting, and by what you say, it sounds like a bit more than just a cable. I'll have a look around and see if there is anything I can find...

[elotunes]

thanks for your help , hope you come up with something. cheers.