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tduncan · 06-05-2011, 10:16 PM

I had a JB. The screen got cracked. So i ordered a JBL to replace it - not realizing the batteries in the JBL stick out the back - ugh! I want my old lithium battery & charger back!

So I opened the case to see how difficult it would be to replace the JBL AA battery pack with the JB lithium pack. The power jack and surrounding parts are gone, but even if I replaced them - they've been laid out differently on the JBL board. And the JB battery connector is near the USB & SD card connectors. The JBL battery connections are on the opposite end of the board.

Has anyone done such a conversion?

Perhaps it would be easier to scavenge the display from the JBL and put it on the JB? But I fear I'll damage it trying to remove it - it's taped down so well. Has anyone successfully remove and re-assembled a display screen?

06-05-2011, 10:16 PM	#1
tduncan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: JetBook & JetBook Lite	Modifying JBL power supply hardware? I had a JB. The screen got cracked. So i ordered a JBL to replace it - not realizing the batteries in the JBL stick out the back - ugh! I want my old lithium battery & charger back! So I opened the case to see how difficult it would be to replace the JBL AA battery pack with the JB lithium pack. The power jack and surrounding parts are gone, but even if I replaced them - they've been laid out differently on the JBL board. And the JB battery connector is near the USB & SD card connectors. The JBL battery connections are on the opposite end of the board. Has anyone done such a conversion? Perhaps it would be easier to scavenge the display from the JBL and put it on the JB? But I fear I'll damage it trying to remove it - it's taped down so well. Has anyone successfully remove and re-assembled a display screen?