Offered to help out a friend whose husband had an upright Megatouch 5 (CRT-260 motherboard) that had some issues:
- Would randomly crash when touching the touchscreen
- Would randomly hang or crash even when left alone
- After left running for a little while (like, 15 minutes) calibration would “drift,” causing touches to track incorrectly
After opening it up, the touchscreen was covered in dust and the neoprene strips on the edges of it were pretty torn up and had a bunch of debris on them. Cleaning the screen, strips, and then reapplying the strips with some thin double-sided tape cleared up the touch-the-screen-and-it-dies problem. Continue reading Merit Megatouch 5 Issues