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Mythbuster
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Hi,
I know the seller and I know the machine. 
The problem is: There is no Savant with a working display! It is a serial fault! So you will have no chance to get today a one with working display ... very sad ...
Regards,
Sascha
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| Mythbuster wrote: | Hi,
I know the seller and I know the machine.
The problem is: There is no Savant with a working display! It is a serial fault! So you will have no chance to get today a one with working display ... very sad ...
Regards,
Sascha |
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i have 7 Savants
5 Savant I
1 Savant II
1 Savant Royale
all screens defective
however i have one Savant I that still recognizes the touch move by the player
and all of the function keys are still OK
so if you connect the printer a game can be played and printed out
i played a few games and posted them on the CCC a few years ago
i should check to see if the Savant still recognizes the players touch move today
To Do List Regards
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Terry McCracken
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| Steve B wrote: | | Mythbuster wrote: | Hi,
I know the seller and I know the machine.
The problem is: There is no Savant with a working display! It is a serial fault! So you will have no chance to get today a one with working display ... very sad ...
Regards,
Sascha |
Correct
i have 7 Savants
5 Savant I
1 Savant II
1 Savant Royale
all screens defective
however i have one Savant I that still recognizes the touch move by the player
and all of the function keys are still OK
so if you connect the printer a game can be played and printed out
i played a few games and posted them on the CCC a few years ago
i should check to see if the Savant still recognizes the players touch move today
To Do List Regards
Steve |
If they all have the same fault the fix by a trained technician might be the answer.
Likely it's a short in the same place for all LCD screens.
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Steve B
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| Terry McCracken wrote: | | Steve B wrote: | | Mythbuster wrote: | Hi,
I know the seller and I know the machine.
The problem is: There is no Savant with a working display! It is a serial fault! So you will have no chance to get today a one with working display ... very sad ...
Regards,
Sascha |
Correct
i have 7 Savants
5 Savant I
1 Savant II
1 Savant Royale
all screens defective
however i have one Savant I that still recognizes the touch move by the player
and all of the function keys are still OK
so if you connect the printer a game can be played and printed out
i played a few games and posted them on the CCC a few years ago
i should check to see if the Savant still recognizes the players touch move today
To Do List Regards
Steve |
If they all have the same fault the fix by a trained technician might be the answer.
Likely it's a short in the same place for all LCD screens. |
Hi Terry
actually the problem with the Savant displays are that the pieces were depicted with the use of some sort of black chemical powder or substance that filled the LCD screen
over the years this powder or chemical has evaporated or leaked into the screen
so all Savants today have totally blank screens(if the substance evaporated) or totally black or darkened screens(if the substance leaked)
i wish it were only a minor electronics problem or even a major electronics
problem because that could be fixed
i know of at least two highly qualified dedicated chess computer repairmen who tried to fix the Savants but could not
a couple of years ago i bought a totally new..still in shrink wrap ..Savant I on Ebay
the computer was never removed from its plastic wrapping..never used and never touched by human hands once it left the factory
brand spanking new...
i took a shot and bid high and won
the screen was totally defective
Brand New And Just As Defective Regards
Steve |
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Terry McCracken
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Full Name: Terry A. McCracken
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Steve B wrote: | | Terry McCracken wrote: | | Steve B wrote: | | Mythbuster wrote: | Hi,
I know the seller and I know the machine.
The problem is: There is no Savant with a working display! It is a serial fault! So you will have no chance to get today a one with working display ... very sad ...
Regards,
Sascha |
Correct
i have 7 Savants
5 Savant I
1 Savant II
1 Savant Royale
all screens defective
however i have one Savant I that still recognizes the touch move by the player
and all of the function keys are still OK
so if you connect the printer a game can be played and printed out
i played a few games and posted them on the CCC a few years ago
i should check to see if the Savant still recognizes the players touch move today
To Do List Regards
Steve |
If they all have the same fault the fix by a trained technician might be the answer.
Likely it's a short in the same place for all LCD screens. |
Hi Terry
actually the problem with the Savant displays are that the pieces were depicted with the use of some sort of black chemical powder or substance that filled the LCD screen
over the years this powder or chemical has evaporated or leaked into the screen
so all Savants today have totally blank screens(if the substance evaporated) or totally black or darkened screens(if the substance leaked)
i wish it were only a minor electronics problem or even a major electronics
problem because that could be fixed
i know of at least two highly qualified dedicated chess computer repairmen who tried to fix the Savants but could not
a couple of years ago i bought a totally new..still in shrink wrap ..Savant I on Ebay
the computer was never removed from its plastic wrapping..never used and never touched by human hands once it left the factory
brand spanking new...
i took a shot and bid high and won
the screen was totally defective
Brand New And Just As Defective Regards
Steve |
It appears the liquid crystal inside leaked..what a weird defect.
If the circuits are intact then maybe there's a way to replace the liquid crystal and any film that was damanged?
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Steve B
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| Terry McCracken wrote: |
It appears the liquid crystal inside leaked..what a weird defect.
If the circuits are intact then maybe there's a way to replace the liquid crystal and any film that was damanged? |
Perhaps
a Mystery Electronics Engineer having read this thread has surfaced literally out of the Blue and contacted me
he thinks he has some ideas on how to repair the Savant Display defect
i shall be sending him an otherwise perfectly working one(computer still recognizes players touch...all function keys work..processor still works...etc..etc..)
i am not holding out any hope.. but hey...
Ya Never Know Regards
Steve |
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