Backlight not working in my old iPAQ

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Q: The back/sidelight is not working in my old iPAQ 38xx. I've even tried a hard reset. What should I do? The back- (to be more precise, side-)light in older, reflective, color iPAQ models (h36xx/h37xx/h38xx) is known to occassionally burn out - a friend of mine has also encountered this problem with this 3630. Not much can be done except for swapping the sidelight for a new one. It may be pretty expensive, though - I'd go for a new device instead.