Chances are rather strong that there is a broken conductor in that cable that makes intermittent contact, since you mention that a consistent block of the display is flaky. _Might_ be a solder joint on a chip, but those flat folded cables break often. The cable might even be loose in the connector if you're lucky. -- Ward Griffiths Dylan: How many years must some people exist, before they're allowed to be free? WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed", they'll never be free.