Anyone opened the RED LCD?

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

The connector on my LCD has become very loose (wobbly/not attached...) through the last few rentals it´s been on (Can´t pinpoint any costumer and claim it on them), no problem with the signal, but whatever holds the connector in place dosen´t do so anymore... it´s very wobbly.

I notice there are four small philips type screws on the back, and I am concidering opening it up to reattach the connector in some way (either by fixing whatever used to hold it, or by using superglue... dunno yet as I don´t know what it looks like on the inside)

I know of course that any such procedure will void the warranty, but concidering the price on the item, and the fact that the signal is good, only need to tighten the connector, I am willing to sacrifice the warranty to not be without it for a week or more while shipping it back and forth over the Atlantic (I need it despite my EVF arriving monday).

My only concern is, when I open it, will inner parts burst out/fall out of place and be hard/impossible to put back? Anyone tried any surgery on this unit?

Thanks!

Disclamier: Since the connector has become loose while beeing rented out, I can only assume that this has occured because of somone pulling to hard on the cable, I am sure RED would be more than happy to take it in and have a look - but It seems such a simple task (for a handy guy like me), and I am very tempted to have a go, the worst penalty is that I might have to get a new one sooner than I hoped...

Any advice appreciated!

EdIted for: misspellings...

 

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Had the same, opened and fixed it, no problem, you will be suprised, what you find on the inside: technology gets smaller and smaller ;-)

 

[Steve Freebairn]

Same thing happened on ours, we shipped it to Red, they fixed it and then shipped it back to us.