Thread: Onyx Boox i86
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Old 08-12-2015, 04:32 PM   #368
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Originally Posted by seltzered View Post
You realize I'm the person that wrote that, right? I haven't had time to muck with the backlight on my i86, tried briefly prying things one day but a heat gun (which I don't have at the moment) might be needed to peel things back. If anyone does this please be careful around the thin plastic layer overlaying the screen - or else you'll get a dreaded 'glow worm'.
Heating the glass substrate unevenly sounds like a recipe for disaster if it is like ordinary plate glass (i.e. expands when heated). Does anyone know if the substrate is made with glass with a low expansion coefficient (like Pyrex)?
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