I have one of these devices that I have had for a very long time (with one battery replacement). Now the left edge of the screen is losing pixels - always in the same place. Can I assume this means a screen fault with no point in replacing batteries or could flat batteries cause the screen to fail in this way?
TOT: PINsentry card reader
Sep 05, 2024
Last reply: 1 year ago
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Might be a connection fault - probably a flexie that goes from the screen to the PCB - sometimes these are just stuck onto the board with conductive adhesive. Warming the strip with a hairdrier, and pushing it back on the board may be enough to fix it.
Tear down here:
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Failing that, it is easy to get another - and since all the banks tend to use the same verification algorithms, the devices are interchangeable. So one for a another account / bank will work.
Also you can use the Barclays app on a phone / tablet, and that can function as a pin sentry as well.
Nothing unexpected, really. I wonder what he thought he'd find.
Is this the spudger he was using?
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Probably - I have some, and they are only of limited use. Not thin and flexible enough to get into narrow gaps and quite likely to damage plastic.
A combination of:
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and a box of plectrums of various thicknesses works best IME...
Never change the batteries! Just get Barclays to send you a new device.
Also, as John has stated - use another bank's device. I currently use a Nationwide device for Barclays transactions.
PA
I changed the battery in my PIN sentry. Its not barned new contrast wise, but its good for at leasts another 20 years..
Err, you what? barned? brand?
You know that you can alter the display contrast (under MENU)?
PA
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