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Originally Posted by nekokami
Dear Dr. Bad Advice:
The pages seem to be stuck together on my eReader. I've tried turning it upside-down and shaking, and running a degaussing magnet over the surface, but I'm still stuck on the same page. My significant other says it's because I was eating a peanut butter sandwich while reading. I think he's just sulking because I finished the last of the crunchy PB. But I'm tired of reading this one page over and over. Please help!
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Dear nekokami:
Yes, unfortunately this seems to be a symptom of early e-ink readers, due in large part to the use of back-lighting on these units.
My bad advice is to buy a soldering gun and a hammer.
I assume you mean your iLiad is the one giving you the problem?
Good! That’s the one I was hoping you were having problems with. Don’t be afraid to completely take the unit apart; in fact, you can consider this a learning experience for having bought such an expensive piece of equipment…
Very carefully open the unit with the forked end of the hammer, gently prying apart the two halves of the Reader. Now, tap gently with the hammer and try to isolate the “hollow” sound that accompanies a bad resister. Please understand that this may take awhile, as there are 11,318 resisters in the iLiad. This means you must tap the Reader with the hammer 11,318 times.
Once you’ve located the bad resister, pull it out with the forked end of the hammer and simply solder the unit back together, making certain you
do not put the two halves upside down, as this may cause problems.
It just occurred to me: Make certain the unit is unplugged from the wall first.
Signed,
Dr. Bad Advice
(Dr. Bad Advice will turn off the computer now, but he'll be back tomorrow.)