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what I did...what do you think?
Message #1 Posted by nacho on 21 Feb 2008, 1:05 p.m.

Hello!

I had a dead Hp32SII ( only Keyboard was faulty).

I found in a store an HP 20S and bought it.

what I did was swaping its LCD and main board.

the result is great, someone will think that it is supid? but I ve been using a 32Sii during 5 years.

here is the pict...

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8940/hp32in20xo5.jpg

      
Re: what I did...what do you think?
Message #2 Posted by Ron G. on 21 Feb 2008, 3:20 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by nacho

Not stupid at all. If it works fo you, that's good enough.

            
Re: what I did...what do you think?
Message #3 Posted by Jeff Kearns on 21 Feb 2008, 5:22 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Ron G.

I think what you did was admirable. My only question is how are you going to use it effectively? The key mapping is quite a bit different...

Could you not have somehow put the 20s LCD onto the 32sii faceplate?

Regards,

Jeff K

                  
Re: what I did...what do you think?
Message #4 Posted by bill platt on 21 Feb 2008, 7:14 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Jeff Kearns

I think he needed the 32sii LCD (as well as mainboard) because the LCD of the 20s is very different.

Remember, the only think bad was the keyboard, and the keyboard is the only thing that is electrically and mechanically identical!

(But he'll need to do some painting now, I think.)

                        
Re: what I did...what do you think?
Message #5 Posted by nacho on 22 Feb 2008, 9:10 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by bill platt

I ve been using my 32SII during 4/5 years and I press keys nearly without looking at them, but have to recognise that I will have to put the overlay from the 32sii to the 20S...

bye

                              
Re: what I did...what do you think?
Message #6 Posted by Kareem Mokdad on 22 Feb 2008, 1:38 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by nacho

Very nice job, nacho. That's very clever !!

                              
Re: what I did...what do you think?
Message #7 Posted by Ron G. on 22 Feb 2008, 1:38 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by nacho

You probably already know that if you heat it up with a hair drier to soften up the glue, it will be easier to peel up the overlay without major damage.

Edited: 22 Feb 2008, 1:39 p.m.


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