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Old 09-02-2015, 06:42 AM   #16
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This may help too; http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Genuine-Mothe...item1a0565e2f8

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Old 09-02-2015, 08:38 AM   #17
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Might be cheapest if you wait for a Kobo Aura with broken display to appear. Also easier to verify its working condition...

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Old 09-02-2015, 07:41 PM   #18
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Might be cheapest if you wait for a Kobo Aura with broken display to appear. Also easier to verify its working condition...
like this one?
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=264768
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Old 09-03-2015, 02:45 PM   #19
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Nice ideas to get a plain motherboard, or one with a broken screen! I'll see what I can do there. Maybe I can extract the working firmware and unbrick the original too.

Edit: on the other hand, for $35 plus $11 shipping to the US, it's almost as much as a used Mini. Hmm....

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Old 09-10-2015, 03:48 PM   #20
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I went ahead and got that motherboard. I'll report back on how it all goes. Wish me luck!
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Old 09-14-2015, 07:00 PM   #21
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Nice! I hope you got a good deal. I've given a best offer with that seller for a glo motherboard before, but I guess he felt it was too low, as I am now banned from making offers on all his auctions now apparently.
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Old 09-25-2015, 09:45 PM   #22
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Crazy to get banned for making an offer. The buyer can always say no! Anyway, I think I got an OK deal. The price seemed good originally, but shipping was high. I think I basically made up the difference in shipping. He charged $11, and the package that got to me had $5 of postage on it....

Anyway, I seem to be stuck with this new one. It won't boot at all. I notice that even my original one won't boot if, for example, the battery isn't connected to it. The new one won't boot even with everything connected, though. I don't know if it's bad, or if this is user error of some sort, or maybe it's a variant expects different display hardware, or.... well, the possibilities are just about endless, and I don't have much ability to diagnose. If anyone has any brilliant ideas I'm up to try just about anything, otherwise I think my saga might be at an end, at least on the Aura front.
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