Wacom Intuos Pen GP300E Disassembly

I went to use my Intuos tablet and found out that my Wacom pen is f'd up, it acts like it is always in the "clicked" position, the tip sensitivity still worked but it couldn't detect if the tip was being "clicked". The utility said that Button 1 was constantly ON, and only when I rapped it on the side would it flicker off just to come back on. So... $50 bucks for a replacement?? I might as well try to fix it myself...

Sooo I wrangled and pushed and pried to no avail, then... I bent more and more and more and...

D'oh, there was a circuit board right in there that snapped with it.

Anyway, this is how it should have slid apart, maybe if you pushed on the eraser end to help a bit it may come out easier. I really did try pulling the thing apart, just not hard enough I guess.



My hope is that somebody will stumble on this page if they are trying to get their stylus pen apart and do it the right way.






This is an old post which I thought I would place on this blog along with my post about the w580i

w580i video player fast forward

I posted this over at http://www.topsony.com/forum/mobile-phones-f4/w580i-video-controls-t14025.html


Since I had this question too I figure it's good to spread the answer far and wide for teh good of the intarnets.

To Fast Forward video on the w580i using the included video player in portrait mode just hold down right on the directional pad, the button that has >> on it, hold down left (<<) to rewind. You can see the time go by in the bar at the top and let go when you get to the correct minute:second.

When you are in landscape mode you hold down the down button to fast forward and you hold down the up button to rewind..

Sony assumes you have turned the phone on it's side when you use landscape mode, that's why the FF button changes. Also, you don't have the nice bar to indicate the time position as you are fast forwarding so you have to just guess when to stop holding the button or switch back to portrait mode to fast forward or rewind.