Avoiding Flex Cable Damage - Useful Hacks

Avoiding Flex Cable Damage - Useful Hacks

Learn here some hacks, how can you avoid flex cable damage

At some point, most techs will experience the frustration that comes with a damaged flex cable. Tech Bob is no different and has put together a guide on how to avoid flex cable damage.

Experiencing Flex cable damage?

With modern devices becoming thinner, so are the displays. This new advancement has led to thinner and more fragile flex cables. Whether you’re changing a display or removing for other repairs, proper installation and removal are a must. Damaging these cables could cost you in parts damaged, time, and headaches.

What are symptoms of damaged flex cables?

The most common sign of a damaged flex cable is the part not working or intermittently working. If moving the part around causes a change in function, then it is likely that the flex cable portion of it has become damage

How to avoid flex cable damage-

There are many ways to help avoid damaging flex cables. These are our tips for the most common ways to avoid damaging flex cables:

• Avoid pulling or stretching flex cables
• Avoid pinching flex cables when installing or sealing a device
• Avoid using metal tools near the flex cables that can easily damage them
• Ensure the cable is properly aligned and formed prior to full closing a device
• Avoid having the flex cable get caught on adhesive, affecting its position
• Use a spudger to help manipulate and position the flex cable inside of the device

What to do once flex cable damage is verified?

Due to their thin and complex nature, when a flex cable is damaged on a part, the part is rendered unusable and non-repairable. Avoiding the damage and preventing future flex cable damage is the only resolution in this case. If a part is returned to a supplier as “defective” with flex cable damage caused by install, the part will be classified as damaged and credit will not be given. Following the tips above will help in reducing the number of RMA parts that are deemed damaged. Here are some examples of what a damage-causing flex cable position and a safe flex cable position look like: Thanks for reading! -Tech Bob

                Do you have any helpful repair tips to share with the Repair Community? Let us know in the comments below and as always, contact your eTech sales representative with any questions or concerns