Thread: Images display wrong on kindle 3 keyboard wifi
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Old 11-12-2013, 05:42 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by ebina1 View Post
Device was purchased new. This was my first kindle. This failure happened after I let the battery totally die, but I never replaced the screen or opened up this kindle at all. It is a "well used" device and has certainly been dropped more than once, so I guess something might have come loose.

I have my new paperwhite now and am happy with that, but thought it would be nice to fix this old one if I could.

Is there a self-test I can run to see if it can read the eeeprom? Is there some way to manually write waveform data to the eeeprom?
Yes - try to display something in grayscale (you just did - it does not work).

No yet found. Plus: The K3 shipped with at least 3 different screens.

K3 devices are easy to open, see our master prefix index to find teardown directions.
Open it up and eyeball inspect the display cable - look for cracks (your s.o.l.) or of having come loose from the connector (happens).
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