Disclaimer: I’ve never touched an EV3. So these are general hardware troubleshooting suggestions.

Dumb question, but: if the screen is already blank, how do you know that you pressed back-center-left long enough?

Does the EV3 do anything? I.e., are there programs on it that can be run? Or perhaps you’ve convinced yourself that you’ve reset it because it no longer does so? Did it function *at all* once it started misbehaving?

Can you reload firmware? Again, I’ve never touched on, so I don’t know what that entails.

Just brain (mind?) storming…

Amazon is still open: assuming they’re available, you might order one overnighted. Worst case, you’re out $3.99 for overnight + return shipping, but with the tournament fast approaching, it would be a cheap investment as insurance… (or maybe you can buy one locally, I don’t know; I wouldn’t wait to find out, though, myself).

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Phil Smith III

Coach, The Capital Girls (retired)

Team 1900 (2002)

Team 2497 (2003)

Team 2355 (2004)

Team 1945 (2005)

From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeff Beima
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:44 PM
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Subject: [VADCFLL-L] EV3 screen not functioning

The screen on my team's EV3 is not functioning at all - completely blank.  Tried power cycling, removing battery, and resetting (per User Guide: press back-center-left until screen goes blank, release back until "Starting", release center-left).  Mindstorms customer service is closed but my kids are still awake! 

Anybody have any ideas?

Jeff Beima
Coach, Terra-Techno Tigers, FLL #9403

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