just got the dash update screen today and figured it was a trick so googled it and found your forum.so glad i did now my dash is still active so thanks so much for saving my dash.tried the echo and the show as replacement but in my opinion they aren't as good.thanks again to everyone involved in the fix

I know...  I took it apart a number of years ago to see if there were any bits I could salvage for other projects.  Turns out when I put it back together, turned it on and registered it I LIKED how it worked.

I'm glad I have a healthy chunk of functionality back.

Thanks so much, I am disabled on limited income but did buy a chumby sticker to show my support as this was the only way I saw to donate.

Imagine what it could be if Sony hadn't lost interest so soon.

On the other hand, had they not orphaned the thing we wouldn't have been assimilated into the Chumbysphere.

It's a bit fiddly, the screws are hidden, two behind the serial number sticker, and two at the top of the back, behind the huge shiny sticker, (which I didn't realize was a sticker at first) up at the top corners behind the grill. 

Then there are a couple fairly short ribbon cables connecting the digitizer and display to the board,  and a wire or two.

Be careful with the ribbon cable connectors on the board, they are different types, one's what I consider the standard with the little lip that flips up over the cable, and the other is a type I hadn't seen before, at least in my dash... and I broke it.  It sat on my workbench in pieces for a year or so, because I just wasn't that interested, since it was all closed up tight by Sony...

When Duane decided to rescue the Dashes, I set about re-assembling it, some work with tweezers in both hands, and a couple dabs of Bondic(tm) and it was working again. 

Just be careful and very gentle with the ribbon connectors.

I think I like it better as a Chumdash than just the old dash!

I just watched The Blues Brothers on my Dash.  MP4.  I ripped this about 10+ years ago converting my DVDs to video files.

Only gripe is there no fast forward or slider.  Same is true for the audio player (which appear to be one in the same).  Otherwise it works fine.

Leaves open the possibility of setting up a symbolic link to my media folder. 

Honestly, no idea why I'm even bothering.  I'll likely not use my dash for watching movies or listening to music -- probably just probing how far I can push the thing...

that's exactly it

Just wanted to say thanks for bringing my Dash back to life, twice, once with an unbrick (I almost gave up, contacted sony, got the speaker...but couldn't bring myself to throwing it away...was going to start looking at how to autorun something as I figured it would be the only way with the touchscreen disabled, and you guys figured it out!), and now with Chumby software. I also loaded the old Sony Theme back on, and now you wouldn't know anything is different than what it was before Sony killed it off! Thank you!

Thank you!  I've subscribed although I don't really use any of the apps.  I'd like to support the work you have done to revive the Dash.

It's always nice to hear from a happy chum.

I finally updated my Dash today with the Chumby files and just wanted to echo the "AWESOME" comment and add my thanks.  I rarely use my Dash, once in a while I use Blue Octy to listen to NPR or see what the temperature is but the low power clock is a fixture and I'd miss it terribly. Maybe I'll get around to grabbing the old theme but for now, I'm happy. (And I've donated a little via stickers.)