Glad that you like the screen – and so pleased that you had an easy time with it. To turn off the backlight at all times on the Acer Aspire One you just unplug the 4 wire flex coming out of the PCB on the back of the Pixel Qi screen. Be very careful with this connector though, it’s a flip type connector and you can’t bend it all the way back, just to bend it to a position vertical to the board and pull out the 4 wire flex going to the LED lightbar in the backlight.

A better solution is to hardwire a switch in on the power to the LED lightbar (this from the motherboard – this is a bit complicated). That way you can have the backlight when you want it, and turn it off the rest of the time. The reason we recommend the Lenovos and the Samsung netbooks is because they have Function Keys with built in ability to turn off the backlight when the LCD is still updated.

Thanks for trying this out! We at Pixel Qi are trying something new shipping screens like this and so happy that it’s working for you.

- Mary Lou