Hi Joe,

Yes I believe the KN7000 does have ribbon cable connections between the hinged panel and the main body. I certainly haven't had any problems in this regard. I dont open and close it frequently in any case. It mostly stays open unless I am taking it out to play away. Similarly I haven't had any problems of this type with laptops either and I have used quite a number of them both at home and at work over the last 15 years. Most mechanical faults I have encountered in laptops have either been hard drive failures or screen damage (common if someone has left a pen on the keyboard before closing the lid). In any case ribbon cable repairs are generally fairly simple even if one has to improvise. If replacement parts should become unavailable, a possible LCD failure is of far greater concern. We depend on the screen to access almost every aspect of the KN7000.

Cheers
Len C.