I picked up 3 Nokia 770s on ebay for only a few dollars, the catch was they only came with batteries and all three had white screens...


I did some preliminary reading and thought I would be able to fix them up, but then after I got them and tried what I thought would fix them it didnt work. Turns out I uncover posts about the whole WSOD issues.

Anyway, I found a source to buy nokia 770 parts in Europe (Telement), but for three lcd screens, some C-Covers, and a stylus comes out to like $164USD.

That seems like a little much to me, but say I did get three new LCDs....whats to say their not going to blow out again?

Since I had three 770's, I was able to swap around the screens and since some where better than others, I noticed the problems went with the LCDs meaning that a new LCD would restore it....

..The main problem is I don't know the root cause that destroys the LCDs and I don't want to throw a new one on there and have it destroyed.....

I read that the LCD controllers get burnt out, but what causes that? and Could my LCD controllers be burnt out? Its hard to say since the LCD controllers are located on the main mobo, while swapping out the LCDs seemed to tell me that they could be replaced with working ones.

So there must be something on the main motherboard that needs to be replaced/upgraded in order to prevent new LCDs from being fried again...


Any thoughts?


Nokia Part numbers:

N770 4850849 LCD
N770 0266501 C-COVER ASSY 040-005866 P2102 19
N770 0264107 FRAME ASSY 040-005862 P2102 18
N770 0266498 B COVER ASSY 040-005860 16
N770 0266497 A-COVER ASSY 040-005858 P2102 14
N770 9400546 SHIELD PROTECTIVE TAPE 040-005908 P2102 20
N770 9797373 KEYMAT TOP 040-005902 P2102 20
N770 9590743 SHIELD LID BB 20
N770 0266500 BATTERY COVER ASSY 040-005861 P2102 18
N770 9797372 KEYMAT FRONT 040-005901 P2102 20
N770 9900265 STYLUS 040-005907 P2102 19