First time ever I'm taking the screen out of a nüvi, so I wasn't too sure of how much / little force would be required into which direction to get the screen connection detached from the PCB. I expected a conventional "male/female" type connector, but it appears to be a flat ribbon cable that is held into place onto the connector block by a hinged "locking flap" that stays on the connector. Before I perform the same trick on the other 1440, could you please confirm from the pictures below that what is shown is how it is supposed to look? No part of the connector should stay on the ribbon cable? And by "sandwiching" the cable between the connector and the "locking flap", it locks in place again? I guess that that is the part where the lighted magnifier comes in handy?
connector on PCB ("locking flap" standing up straight)
ribbon cable on screen
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