10 Inch Aspire Aspire One Now Official In UK VIDEO - Samsung NC10 Touch screen
Feb 03

NC10 & Boxed Touchscreen

The touch screen we used was supplied by www.fidohub.com who are based in Taiwan. Not only would we highly recommend their products but communication and service from the company are both excellent. Hoda Technology/Fidohub were also featured on the MSNBC Top 10 Gifts for the hard-core techie and we were confident we were fitting a quality component.

You can buy the touch screens direct from fidohub, we were supplied with a FedEx shipping number so we could trace every step of the parcel’s journey and shipping only took a few days from Taiwan to the UK.

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As with all procedures that involve opening up the case and modifying the original equipment this could and probably will invalidate your warranty and/or you could permanently damage your machine so be careful. Netbookmag.com will not be held responsible for any damage, use this guide at your own risk.

We recommend that whenever sensitive electrical components are going to be handled that the user take the relevant antistatic precautions.

OK, lets get on with it =) Give yourself a couple of hours to do the upgrade as you don’t want to be rushing things. It might seem like a very complicated upgrade due to the amount of steps we have shown but this tutorial is aimed at all from the complete novice to the l33t modder. Also take into account there is no soldering required and theoretically this upgrade can be reversed with no permanent damage if performed correctly.

All the pictures in this tutorial are click-able so you can see the images in great detail.

Here’s a few pictures of the Touch screen we received from Fidohub.com:

01 - NC10 & Touchscreen

02 - Boxed Touchscreen

03 - For the NC10

04 - Open Box Touchscreen

04 - Box Contents

Box Contents

Below is where we start the first step.

06 - Screw Covers
If you look at the screen you will see on the at the top of the outer bezel there are rubber circle screw covers on either side and there are two square screw covers either side at the bottom. We have circled the location on the picture above, these need removed and it’s easily done using something like a very small flat head screwdriver, don’t be to rough though.

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07 - Bottom Left Screw08 - Top Left Screw
Remove the 4 screws in each corner of the screen bezel. Above is a picture of the lower and upper left hand screws.

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Using something like a credit card or a phone card to carefully slide along the joins of the bezel to unclasp it.

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These are the bezel clips that you can see where the battery compartment is. Carefully run your card or finger along the join the unclasp these.

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You can see here where the bezel clips are at the top of the screen.

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Carefully remove the bezel from the screen and you will be left with the above. It may seen a little stuck near the top as there is sticky tape at the top roughly on either side of the web-cam but on the metal LCD surround.

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Pop the battery back in and start your machine up. You need to do this so you can align the touchscreen panel to the LCD screen correctly.

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Grab the touchscreen and remove the protective film from the side that will be touching the LCD screen. If your not sure which side to take off then hold the screen so that it is facing you and the ribbon is on the bottom left. The side now facing you is what is going onto the LCD screen so take the protective film off that side. On the same side if you look carefully around the touch screen edges you will see a thin band running all the way around the touchscreen panel, this is double sided sticky tape and needs the cover peeled off.
This will help the touch panel adhere to the screen.
Flip the touch screen panel over do the ribbon is now on the bottom right and go ahead and line up the panel to your screen. Be extra careful at this point as once the touch-panel is in place it’s very hard to adjust it. The touch panel should be fitted within the silver border of the LCD screen. Just remember to take your time with the above step and don’t fully press down on the edges of the touchscreen unless your 100% happy with it’s positioning.

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Above is a picture of the touchscreen attached, note where the ribbon cable is located (bottom right).
Now you can turn the machine off, carefully close the screen, flip the netbook over and remove the battery as we are now going to remove the bottom cover.

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Above are the locations of the screws that need removed, take out all 14 of them.

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Time to remove the bottom of the case but you need to loosen it first.

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We found it best to start near one of hinges and work our way around using something like a credit card / phone card etc…

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The clips near the space where the battery goes are quite stiff and usually requires a little force, not too much though. The inner side of the hinge can be quite tricky so we use a flat head jewellers screwdriver placed it in the gap as shown and gave it a slight turn. If you do this be careful as you could mark the casing. Once you have released all the clips the bottom casing will lift off, give it a slight wiggle if it seems to stick.

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This is the bottom of the netbook with the cover off. The bottom left of the motherboard you can see where we have marked with 2 rectangles, these are the wifi antennas (2 wires, one black and one grey) that need removed, they just clip off then work both wires free right up to the top left hand hinge.
The rectangles on the upper right of the motherboard are two more connectors which need unplugged, simply unplug them.

OK, now onto the screws which we have marked with red circles. We need to remove all 6 screws marked. The top left 2 and top right 2 are the hinge screws and the ones just below the top right hinge are attached to the last 2 connectors you have just unplugged.

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Flip the netbook over again and gently open the screen like above as you are ready to separate the screen from the bottom.
Gently pull apart and check if there are any wires catching anywhere.

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Here you can see the screen completely separated from the bottom of the netbook.

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Time to work back on the screen side of the netbook again. Remove the 2 screws on the left hinge and the 2 screws on the right hinge as shown above.

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The screws removed.

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If you look on the left and right sides of the LCD screen you will see a silver metal bracket running from the top to the bottom of the screen. These need to be removed and we can do so by removing the 2 screws on either bracket, one is at the top and one is at the bottom. The above pictures are of the brackets that need removed and show the screw locations.

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Here are the removed brackets. we won’t be putting these back on so you can put them to one side.

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We now need to remove the top half of the right hand hinge as shown above.

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Grab the ribbon coming from the bottom right of the touchscreen and fold it behind the screen and then back out at the side as shown above.

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If you haven’t done so already it’s time to put the double sided sticky rubber tape onto the touch-hub controller board. This will not only stick the board to your motherboard but it will also act as insulation.
Peel off the backing and stick it on the side shown on the right hand picture above.

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The wires that come from the controller board need fed through the hinge as above. Just follow the wires that are already there.

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Bend the ribbon cable over again and plug it in to the connector on the end of the wires you have just fed through the hinges on the previous step.

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Pop the top back on the hinge making sure that you don’t catch any wires.

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Above is a picture of the rubber shock absorbers that come with your touch screen.

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Peel the shock absorbers off the backing paper one by one and stick them on the metal frame that surrounds the touch screen panel. We’ve marked the four locations to stick them in red above.

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Above is a picture of the fitted shock absorbers. Just remember that they don’t stick on the panel itself but on the silver frame surrounding the LCD screen.

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Fix the hinges back to the panel by screwing the screws back in as above. Now you can peel off the last protective film from the touch screen as we are going to refit the bezel.

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Put the bezel back on and lightly press around the edges of the bezel to clip it back together.
Now you need to center the screen by moving it left, right up or down. Once your happy that it’s centered you can lightly screw the screws in each corner. DO NOT FULLY TIGHTEN THEM AS YOU COULD CRACK THE TOUCH SCREEN, as soon as you feel them starting to tighten stop screwing.

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You can see above that there is no gap between the bezel and the screen once the screws are in place, this is due to us removing the LCD brackets earlier. Everything should fit nicely.

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OK, we are now ready to attach the screen back to the bottom half of the netbook. Just do in reverse what you did to detach the screen earlier. Once in place put the screws back in the holes marked above and tighten making sure that no wires are being jammed.

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You can see above that we have re attached the wifi antennas and you can also see where to stick the touch hub controller board and the route of the wires coming from the hinge.

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Above we show a close up of the route we took with the wires from the hinge to the touch hub controller board.

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Fit the supplied wires into the touch hub controller board as shown above.

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Take a good look at this picture and place the wires from the touch hub controller board as shown, screw the screw down connectors as shown and push down the connectors onto the motherboard as shown. Take your time making sure you have the right wire in the right place as you don’t want to mess it up now we’re almost done!

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Above is a picture of how things should look once everything is complete. Use a bit tape as shown to tape the wires down and also check you don’t have any wires going over one of the screw holes for the rear cover.

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That’s it :) You just need to replace the rear cover. Gently press it down into place, we have found that once you have the mic/headphone socket in the right place as shown above your pretty much there.
Once you’ve clicked it all into place, you can re fit all 14 screws and tighten them up.
Woohoo, YOUR DONE!
Install the correct driver from the supplied disc and go through the 25 point linearization calibration to set up your new touch screen. :)

We would have preferred to see a driver/software download option from fidohub rather than having to use the disc as it meant having to mess about and hook up the external drive as we know not everyone has an external CD/DVD drive.

OK, well that’s the NC10 touchscreen tutorial done and we hope you feel more confident with having a go fitting one yourself. We are going to shoot a quick video showing the touchscreen in action and we will post that up real soon.

Once again a big thanks to Fidohub.com for supplying us with the touch screen and be sure to check them out.

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59 Responses to “Tutorial - Samsung NC10 Touchscreen Installation”

  1. mik Says:

    Gr8 tutorial. will u do 1 for the wind plz?

  2. Tim Says:

    Aw, they don’t have one for the Acer Aspire One?

  3. Tim Says:

    Disregard above comment. I just found one on their web site. Mod please delete.

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  5. David Says:

    Yes Please do one for the wind a Picture tutorial or a Video tutorial would be great!!! :)

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    Awesome. Simply Awesome.

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  10. Zebedeu Says:

    Great job.

    Did you test it with linux?

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  13. Don Says:

    I bought the kit to try this but I cannot get the last four screws out the back of the laptop, despite getting the others out. Which screwdriver did you use for this please?

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  15. admin Says:

    @ mik and David: If we do another touch screen tutorial then we will certainly do the Wind next :)

    @Zebedeu: The touch screen comes with a software/driver CD and this has Linux drivers on it. We havent tested it with Linux but i’m confident it will work without any problems.

    @ Don: Make sure you are using the correct screwdriver. Make sure your using a Posidrive screwdriver rather than a Phillips. Not many people realise but there is a difference.
    With the Phillips, the screwdriver tip comes to a point but the Posidrive tip is flattened. The sockets in the screw head match these shapes. If you put a Phillips screwdriver into a Posidrive screw, the pointed tip will prevent a full fit on the shoulders of the slots.This will damage the slots and may strip your screws if you have to exert force.

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  20. Don Says:

    Thank you for the information. Ah yes, Is there a specific size I should look try please? I have looked around but will need to buy one specifically as most I can’t seem to find a match and I really would like to try this kit too.

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  23. Nils Says:

    Nice, I think I’ll install one of those. However, I see you using the stylus exclusively; Is it a “touch” screen or a digitizer? I.e can you use you fingers to control it, or is the stylus requiered?

  24. Alex Says:

    Do you have to use the stylus only or you can also use a finger?

  25. admin Says:

    Yes, you can use your finger on the touchscreen instead of the stylus :o)

  26. r3 Says:

    Hi Lads… first of all.. let me thank you for the great instructions. They are perfect indeed. I was just wondering .. despite you have allready answered this question …however, let me state it more specifically.

    Using your fingers instead of stylus, would you be able to use the on screen keyboard such as in Ipod touch ( iphone) extensively ? or this would possibly lead to high possibility of damaging the touch panel, or the LCD screen it-self

  27. admin Says:

    TBH I’m not sure about any negative long/short term effect’s of using your finger opposed to a stylus. I haven’t came across any and I can’t see any problems as long as you don’t use excessive force with your finger but that goes for anything touching your screen.
    I’ve just tried the XP on-screen keyboard and it’s a nightmare to use, lol. small keys and fat fingers don’t mix ;o)
    Personally i would mainly use the stylus as it is more precise unless you have really small pointy fingers, although giving your screen the finger now and then shouldn’t do it no harm at all. =D

  28. admin Says:

    P.S. If any of you guys have a MSI Wind I’m going to crack open the 4211 that we used for the memory upgrade tutorial and do a touchscreen install tutorial for that. I’ll get it posted tomorrow or the next day as long as nothing crops up. Stay tuned :)

    P.P.S. forgot to say that I’ve set a triple boot up on the NC10 to test and the screen works brill on all 3 operating systems.
    1:XP
    2:OS X (10.5.6)
    3: WIN 7

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  33. Andreas Says:

    Awesome tutorial. No problem to install at all. Thanks for that.

    It gets a bit crowded inside the NC10 if there is already a 3G module - it sits where you put the usb hub. However there is space left next to the camera connector if you flaten one of screw holes at the rear cover.

  34. Phynesse Says:

    Thanks, Paul, nice work.

    I did mine today and ran into some problems - I have the version with 3G built-in, which resulted in some problems. So whoever with 3G NC10 is thinking about doing this, be sure that this isnt your 1st modding experiment.

    1-significantly less space where you store the touchscreen connector underneath the LCD bezel. The 3G antenna wires run through that hinge and there is some sort of antenna / plastic frame that takes up most of the side space. it still works, but prepare to be patient.

    2-cant place the hub behind the wireless card since its taken by 3G card. I havent put the back cover back on again, but I plan to squeeze it between RAM and battery. The wire barely reaches if you route it funny and you have to get rid of one of the screw-guiding tunnels from the back cover. yikes.

    All in all, the risk of damaging something is a lot higher than what you d think from reading above guide.

    Lastly, dont expect a true cell phone like touchscreen experience or anything - the surface is blunt, cheap glass. Fingernail dragging feels kinda nasty - u have squeeky resistance. Accuracy is so-so. But clicking stuff works nicely and facilitates work compared to the tiny trackpad. And the driver software is pretty configurable.

    but most of all i cant wait to fire up OSX w/touchscreen and rub it in the face of our in-office Apple Coolaids with their boring macbooks :)

  35. Qbik Says:

    What about USB all them is still in use? This is one think i cant understand

    So After installing a touch screen in nc10 You have all 3 USB working and touch screen Am I right?

  36. admin Says:

    You still have all 3 USB ports working fine after the install.

    mmmmmmmmm 3G module, I wish i could find a decent 3rd party 3G module to give me an excuse to fiddle with the inards of the NC10 again. If anyone knows of one then please let me know :)
    3G-HSPDA should come fitted as standard on all netbooks imo.
    It’s nice to hear you 3G guys got the screen installed OK, great stuff!

  37. Benny Says:

    Phynesse is there any chance of a picture of the location of you control hub plz

  38. Jim Says:

    i assume you original lcd screen is used along with touch screen, i was hoping to replace my cracked lcd screen with a touch screen, but assume i would need to buy both.

  39. Vicinzu Says:

    Hello guys,
    a few days ago i acquisted a touch panel from fidohub, and i’m waiting for it.
    Is there an alternative method with brackets?
    I don’t like the panel to be insecured. what if we enlarge the bracket holes for the screws and put them a little bit higher, so the panel gets deeper and perhaps the panels fits after that in the case.

  40. Tim Says:

    Hi, I believe this is a great mod. But I don’t know really when I would use a touchscreen instead of a mouse. Maybe somebody can explain what could be the advantage of using a touchscreen on a NC10? And is the quality of the lcd the same before and after the mod?

  41. Stuart Says:

    This is a cracking little mod, not going to do it yet as mine is still under warranty :)

    other than that it’s pissing rights isn’t it, that’s all it really is for, unless, you are going to mount this into a car then it would really be useful

  42. Tom Says:

    Hello there, I bought a Samsung NC10 2 months ago, today with very little force I managed to crack my screen isn’t bad but it’s really annoying. I’m looking to replace the screen, a touch screen would be amazing, especially with some OCR software installed. THING IS, I’m no way a computer expert, from your tutorial it seems pretty clear and not too hard, do you think it’s worth trying for a 1st attempt at something like this?

    Regards,
    Tom.

  43. Tom Says:

    Also is there any problems that could occur by not having an official Samsung screen? Or lack of quality?

  44. Offbow Says:

    just bought mine and going to install as soon as i can
    thanks for the tutorial

    BTW how long did it take for you to get it for ordering

    also any chance you could make a ISO image of the driver CD/DVD. if you cannot then i will make one and post it here (rapidshare.com if thats ok)

  45. Larry B Says:

    CAUTION-The tiny posts holding the hinge covers to the display back break very easily when trying to wrestle the top off it to lay in the new cable with the antenna cables. The posts are just melted to the hinge cover. Hinge is the worst part.
    WHEN you fold the touchscreen connector end over, the RED wire on the mating plug goes AWAY from the screen to plug into it. No key in connector.
    MFG shows cam extension cable plugged into port across from these great instuctions. Makes no difference. 2 extra USB ports simply left open, cables unused. Save for later.
    Place 4 shock absorbers on very edge of LCD metal frame as shown halfway down the steps BEFORE positioning touchscreen on LCD. Fits perfect without having to “eye” display over live screen. My “eye” put touchscreen up too far. No room for top absorbers. PITA TO REMOVE TOUCHSCREEN LATER, to correct! If I had put shock absorbers right to OUTSIDE edge in the first place, the absorbers centered and leveled the touchscreen! These should be done together.
    INSTEAD of taping wires to heat sink, making it hotter and maybe melting tape or wire insulation, route wires between memory socket and hard drive in little channel they make, then up over CAM jack on motherboard. Use cam ground lug to hold cable between screw and cam jack to board (cable clamp?). This puts extension connection on top of existing insulating tape…no shorts to motherboard. Ground is BARE in cam plug.
    If you break the hinge cover melted pins, it doesn’t matter. It will align back up at assembly time just fine. Position it like the left hinge cover…little shelf on the edge.
    THANKS to NetbookMag for great instructions. Saved hours and hours as no instuctions come with it and drawings useless.
    Larry

  46. Felix Says:

    What are the effects on battery life? quite a bit of hardware IMO… so, what about efficiency? thx.

  47. thomas Says:

    this mod on an nc-10 hsdpa is doable but like Phynesse said,there is little or no room to stick the hub as the 3g pci card takes up the room,i managed it myself but its certainly not easy,to be fair the screen is good enough to use,another tip when you have it open is fire in a wireless n card instead of the g one and the extra anntena slots very nice into the cable runs to the hinge,i am showing 130mbps and it does seem a bit nippier all for £15.

  48. MAKHNO Says:

    For those of you who have installed this touch screen, is there any difference in the quality of the image - less contrast, lower brightness, muddy image, etc.?

  49. Peter Ooms Says:

    Great, I’ve installed the thing & it works fabulous.
    I worked carefully an dit took me about 1.5 hours to complete. My samsung NC10 is now really an shiny gadget.
    See my site pictures:
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~ooms/nc10touch/

    Have a touchy day . . . . .

    Peter

  50. Jesper Says:

    Exellent article.

    I’m interested in the quality - how is it compared to “manufactured” touchscreens? As several users have asked - does it affect colors/brightness?

    Also, did you do the video of the finished result?
    Thanks for a great web site!

  51. Drizz Says:

    How well does the calibration stand up? I fitted a touch screen to my old EEE PC 900 but the touch screen would continually loose calibration.

    Does this suffer the same?

  52. Hitchhiker Says:

    I word to the wise, I just installed the kit on my NC10 and I ran into a few problems. After full installation and putting the thing back together my touchscreen was a bit twitchy. I would put my finger on the screen and the cursor would - for lack of a better word - wig out. I opened up first the case and then the screen hoping to pinpoint the problem but nothing seemed out of order. I then tried it out without the bezel and the connector in full view with the power on, so I could see when and where I might get it to work. It worked like a charm all through reinstallation and still works as I type - and don’t think I haven’t been checking. Long story short, in order to avoid headaches later on, I would suggest putting everything back together with the exception of the bezel until after you have the thing calibrated and test as you snap and screw the bezel back on.

    Note: Take this advice at your own risk. Fiddling about with computers while their cases are off is not necessarily safe for either the computer or you!

  53. slyga Says:

    Hi,

    You try this on win 7. Is the pannel was multitouch?

    Thanks

  54. ciscom13 Says:

    Great tutorial. Can’t wait to try this. One question…has anyone tried this on an NC10 with the webcam in the screen. It seems this might interfere with the wiring/fit of the touchscreen module.

    thanks
    ciscom13

  55. WAR Says:

    i have cracked the screen on my nc10 but now have no vga output could this have affected the graphics card ?

  56. smartroad Says:

    Have installed this and the guide is awesome thanks! I have installed the drivers on Windows 7 and it says that there is now no touchscreen installed? Are there specific drivers available for Win 7?

    slyga, it is a resistive panel thus will never be multitouch, unfortunately.

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  58. Kristen Says:

    Thanks for the awesome tutorial! I was thinking about installing the touch screen but was curious if it is a hassle to use since the screen does not fully rotate like traditional touchscreen computers.

  59. Kristen Says:

    I installed the touch screen exactly as instructed, but when I installed the drivers, it won’t detect the stylus or my finger. Any tips or suggestions? I created an iso from the cd on my desktop, and mounted that on my netbook to run. I don’t think it’s a problem with the installation, I followed the instructions completely and am experienced with building computers. Thanks!

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